Officials Told to Expedite Graduates’ Voter Enrolment

Nalgonda:Additional Chief Electoral Officer Dr. Vasam Venkateswarlu Reddy on Thursday said measures would be taken to verify voter registration applications promptly and ensure that all eligible graduates could exercise their voting rights in the Warangal-Khammam-Nalgonda Graduates’ MLC constituency.

At a review meeting held at the Nalgonda District Collectorate with Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) and Revenue Divisional Officers (RDOs) from the combined districts of Nalgonda, Warangal and Khammam, he directed officials to expedite the voter enrolment process.

He instructed them to thoroughly verify applications and process them without delay. Officials were asked to examine original certificates, marks memos, provisional certificates and employment certificates relating to educational qualifications in accordance with the rules. Additional staff should be deployed, if necessary, to speed up certificate verification.

Venkateswarlu Reddy stressed that errors in voter registration must be avoided and duplicate entries identified and rejected as per the rules.

He directed Booth Level Officers (BLOs) to conduct field-level verification of voters’ residential details, while the officials concerned should verify their educational qualifications.

He also instructed officials to ensure that polling stations were easily accessible to voters and suggested considering locations close to voters’ residential areas. Applications seeking changes in residential addresses should be resolved strictly in accordance with the rules, he said.

He called for a special action plan to complete the voter registration process within the prescribed deadline.

Nalgonda District Collector B. Chandrasekhar, Additional Collector (Revenue) J. Srinivas and Suryapet Additional Collector (Revenue) B. Hari Singh were also present.