Advance application facility for youths attaining 17 years; 4 new qualifying dates announced

 Along with the rest of the country, pre-revision works ahead of the Special Summary Revision of electoral rolls will begin in Sonitpur district from August 4 next . The integrated draft electoral roll is scheduled to be published on November 9,  and the period for filing claims and objections will be between November 9,  and December 8, 2022.

The final electoral rolls will be published on January 5, 2023. This was informed by Deputy Commissioner and District Election Officer Deba Kumar Mishra at a press meet held in Tezpur recently.

The DEO also informed that the ECI after bringing in certain legal amendments has now approved of four qualifying dates, ie., January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1 as eligibility for youngsters to register in electoral rolls and that anyone attaining 17 years of age can now apply in advance for enrollment and they need not wait to attain 18 years on January 1 of a year, as was the case previously. He also informed that registration forms have been made more user-friendly and simpler and the newly modified forms will come into force from August 1, 2022. Form 6 will be used for new Voter Registration, Form 8 for Correction of Details, Form 7 for Deletion of Name and Form 6B for linking Voter ID with Aadhar Card, though it has not been made mandatory.

Interested citizens can now fill up forms through the Voter Helpline App and www.nsvp.in or through their local Booth Level Officer.

ADC and i/c Election Officer Raj Boruah, and other senior officials of the district administration were present at the press meet.