Raipur. The Election Commission of India has announced a special summary revision program of the voter list in Chhattisgarh. Under this program, the citizens of the state will get a chance to make necessary amendments in name registration, deletion, transfer and entry in the voter list. This program is being organized keeping in mind the eligibility date of 01 January 2025.
According to the program released by the Commission, the preliminary publication of the voter list will be done in all the polling stations of the state on October 29, 2024 (Tuesday) and with this the process of receiving claims/objections will start. All citizens can submit claims/objections till November 28, 2024 (Thursday). During this period, special camps will also be organized in all the polling stations on November 09, 2024 (Saturday), November 10, 2024 (Sunday) and November 16, 2024 (Saturday), November 17, 2024 (Sunday).
All the claims and objections received during this period will be resolved and the final publication of the electoral roll will be done on January 6, 2025 (Monday). As per the instructions of the Commission, the voter list of all polling stations will also be published on the office website https://ceochhattisgarh.nic.in/ on the initial publication date 29 October 2024 (Tuesday) and the final publication date 06 January 2025 (Monday). As per the instructions of the Election Commission of India, the process of H2H Survey (door-to-door verification) will be completed by all the booth level officers under the state from August 20, 2024 to October 18, 2024 and the process of filling Form-8 / Form-7 for shifted/dead voters will be completed as per the requirement. Apart from this, the process of filling Form-7 for duplicate voters through DSE (Demographically Similar Entries) will also be done during the door-to-door survey.
Such young citizens, who are completing 18 years of age as on 01 January 2025, can get their names added to the voter list by submitting an application in Form-6. During this period, applications will be received in Form-7 for deletion of names of dead, permanently transferred voters and applications will be received in Form 8 for correction of erroneous names, other necessary amendments and any type of transfer. As per the instructions of the Election Commission of India, New Delhi, apart from 01 January, young citizens who are completing 18 years of age as on 01 April, 01 July and 01 October, 2025 will be able to apply in advance in the prescribed Form 6 to get their names included in the voter list.
To apply, common citizens can obtain the prescribed form through the booth level officer at their polling station. The Election Commission of India, New Delhi has also provided the facility of online application for citizens through the ‘Voter Helpline App’. This application is available for download on both Android and iOS platforms. Apart from this, voters can also apply online for adding or modifying their names through the website https://voters.eci.gov.in/. For any kind of information or complaint related to registration in the electoral roll, the call center established at the state level 180023311950 can be contacted.
To make the voter list of the state pure and error-free, the Chief Electoral Officer, Chhattisgarh has appealed to all the citizens for cooperation in this nationwide program and to submit maximum number of online applications.