EC directs revision of photo ids for Manipur Constituencies

Imphal, Sep 15 (UNI) The Election Commission has ordered Special Summary Revision of Electoral Rolls(Photo ID Rolls) with reference to all 60 Assembly Constituencies of Manipur.

State Chief Electoral Officer(CEO) R R Rashmi here yesterday said preparatory work would have to be completed by March 10 next year.

The final publication of photo rolls would be done on May 27,2008.

The EC has also decided to conduct the forthcoming 15th Lok Sabha Elections, scheduled in 2009, with photo rolls across the whole country.

As directed by the commission, four states Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan and Kerala and two Union Territories Puduchery and Lakshadweep, had already completed preparations for photo rolls.

The remaining states, including Manipur, were also preparing for Photo Rolls. The Photo Rolls for all 60 Assembly Constituencies of Manipur, would be prepared before January 1, 2008, the state CEO said.

Voters without photographs in the photo rolls would not be allowed to cast their votes in the Assembly and Parliamentary elections since the names of persons whose photographs were not found in the electoral rolls published as on January 1, 2008 would be deleted from the Electoral Rolls.

The Deputy Commissioners in the five hill districts and the Additional Deputy Commissioner of Kangpokpi would be the Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) in the hill districts and the Sub-Divisional Officers in the four valley districts and the Additonal Deputy Commissioner of Jiribam would be the EROs in the valley districts.

All political parties, local clubs and NGOs would be requested to convince voters about the utility of the Photo Rolls programme and they might be asked to come forward for taking their photographs. The voters would also be asked to extend full co-operation to all the EROs, AEROs and DOs concerned in order to prepare clean, correct and up-to-date photo electoral rolls during Special Summary Revision of Electoral Rolls.

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