Saturday, January 25, 2014

Election Deptt refutes SKM allegations on voter list deletions

GANGTOK, 24 Jan: The Election Department has refuted allegations leveled by Sikkim Krantikari Morcha which has alleged arbitrary deletion of names from the voters list by the State Election Commission.
In a press release issued today, the department has stated that as per Electoral Laws, a person cannot have his name more than once in the voters list and as per the instructions of the Election Commission of India, the Electoral Registration Officers have to suo moto delete one of the entries of such voters.
“This Office strongly denies the allegation that the names of voters of a particular party have been deleted from the Electoral Rolls. The Electoral Registration Officers are quasi-judicial authorities and function independently as per the Law. The entire Electoral Roll of Sikkim has been made available in the official website of CEO, Sikkim for full public view and transparency”, the release states.
On Thursday, SKM had accused the state government of trying to prevent supporters of the opposition from voting in the upcoming election by deleting names of many on the pretext that their names have registered in more than one place.
Meanwhile, the Election Department adds that the Office has given wide publicity to all the voters of the Sikkim through Print and Electronic Media requesting them to check whether their names are present in the voters list or not and have also appealed to apply for inclusion of their names in case their names are not available in the voters list.
This has been informed to all the political parties of Sikkim also, the release adds.
Facilities for searching of names in the voters list have also been provided to the voters and the same has been advertised through Print and Electronic Media, it adds.
The department has further asked those who do not have their names in the Electoral Roll but possess voter Id-cards to apply to the Electoral Registration Officer at the D.C. Office with a copy of Voter Card and supporting documents for inclusion of their names in the voters list and such applications will be considered as per the Law.

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