Special drive launched in Jammu for enrolling new voters

Jammu, Jan 6: The Jammu and Kashmir government today launched a special drive for enrolment of young voters who have just completed 18 years of age. As per the instructions of the Election Commission of India, District Election Officer (DEO) Jammu, Sanjeev Verma said here that a special campaign for enrollment of youth electors, between the age group of 18-19 years, has been launched in the district from January 6 to 15, 2012.

"The youth, who have attained the age of 18 years as of 01-01-2012, but not registered in the electoral rolls can file their applications on form No 6 for their enrollment as elector," Verma said.

All political parties and Resident Welfare Associations are also requested to extend their cooperation to the Block Level officer (BLOs) of their polling stations in registering the youth voters in order to make the special drive successful.

PTI