Special drive for enrolment of first time voters

With the Tripura assembly elections slated to be held next year, a special enrolment drive for first time electors in the age group of 18 to 21 will be conducted from July 1 to 31, according to official sources.
"Prior to launch of special drive, the month of June shall be utilised for preparatory works such as identification of gaps in the polling stations with relatively less enrolment during the summary revision", Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Sriram Tarinikant said at a press conference here today.
He said during the special drive, the BLOS will carry adequate number of Form-6 so that same can be filled on the spot by the un-enrolment voters. In course of the process, all citizens will be eligible to submit forms as usual in ERO office, through BLOs, on-line submission at NVSP and by post too, he said.

"Today I had a meeting with representatives of all recognised political parties and sought their cooperation to ensure no eligible voter is left over of the electoral rolls", he said.
During the meeting, representatives of political parties raised some issues related to the electoral rolls. "Shifting voters and duplication in the electoral rolls also came in the discussion. The Election Commission will apply technology to identify duplicate voters in the electoral ensure error free photo electoral rolls", he said.