SuryaaNow Telangana Desk: #. Form-18 applications should be processed immediately.... #.Duplicate votes should be rejected--------Additional Chief Electoral Officer Dr. Vasam Venkateshwar... #. Form-18 applications should be dealt with immediately.... #.Duplicate votes should be rejected---------Additional Chief Electoral Officer Dr. Vasam Venkateshwar Reddy. Nalgonda District Bureau, Major News... Telangana State Additional Chief Electoral Officer Dr. Vasam to speed up voter registration process for Warangal-Khammam-Nalagonda Pattabhadru MLC Constituency.
Venkateshwar Reddy ordered the officials. He said that the voter registration applications should be examined from time to time and steps should be taken to ensure that eligible graduates are given the right to vote. On Thursday, Nallagonda Collector Warangal-Khammam-Nalgonda conducted a review of the voter registration process of the constituencies of Nallagonda along with EROs and RDOs of Nallagonda districts. The District Collector congratulated the ERO and staff for taking the lead in the voter registration process of Nalgonda district. He ordered to speed up the voter registration process in Yadadri Bhuvanagiri and Suryapet districts as well. He said that the original certificates, memos of marks, provisional certificates and employees' certificates related to the educational qualifications of the graduates should be carefully examined as per the rules, and if necessary, additional staff should be appointed and the examination process of the certificates should be expedited. He said that the degree verification documents issued by the universities should also be scrutinized carefully. He clarified that there should be no mistakes in the voter registration process and duplicate votes should be identified and rejected as per the rules. He said that the BLOs should check the residential details of the voters at the field level and the relevant authorities should check the verification of educational qualifications. He said that they should take care in the selection of polling centers, establish polling centers that are accessible to the voters, and look into the matter of allocating polling centers to teachers near their residential areas. It is suggested that the applications related to change of address of the voters should also be dealt with as per the rules.
The officials were advised to be more alert while checking the details in the draft voter list and voter slips. He said that a special activity should be designed and implemented to complete the voter registration process within the stipulated time. Also, the officials were asked about the availability of ballot boxes and jumbo ballot boxes required for the conduct of elections. He said that if there is a shortage of equipment in any district, they should be informed immediately and necessary arrangements will be made. District Collector B. Chandrasekhar said that special measures have been taken to speed up the voter registration process of graduates in Nalgonda district. He explained that 20 computers have been set up in the computer center in DTC and the applications are being checked day and night in two shifts with the staff. He expressed the hope that the number of voter registration will increase significantly in the next four days. Revenue Additional Collector Jay Srinivas, Trainee Assistant Collector Srikanth Reddy, Devarakonda Sub-Collector Caroline Ching Thean Mavi, EROs of joint districts, AEROs, Tehsildars, Election Officers and others attended the meeting.