Corpn. sends notices for changes in electoral rolls

Rohwathi Varghese

CHENNAI, JUNE 6. The Chennai Corporation, through the Office of the Electoral Registration Officer, has sent out around 40,000 notices to individuals regarding transposition, inclusion and deletion of names from the electoral rolls.

Letters intimating the public on deletion of names from the list were being sent out as officials had seen two entries pertaining to the same individual during the process of verification. Officials have advised the public not to panic when they receive such notices. Instead, they suggest that the person should check with the zonal office concerned where a copy of the constituency- wise list of the electorate will be displayed.

However, members of the public are complaining that though notices require that the individual make a personal appearance at the zonal office to voice any objection, officials are ill- informed and ignorant about the process. Officials attribute this ``possible indifference'' to the multiple pressures of taking up change of door numbers, census operations and property tax collection nearly simultaneously.

Officials also said that people who have not enrolled yet can take advantage of the online-videography process which will be initiated soon for all 14 constituencies falling within the metropolitan area. The cards will be distributed on the spot following a waiting period of about half an hour.

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