Uttar Pradesh chief electoral officer Navdeep Rinwa on Monday directed all district election officers (DEOs) to re-examine all rejected Form 6 applications in order to include eligible citizens in the voter list.
District contact centres should be kept functional during the Special Summary Revision-2027 and the assembly elections, he said. Appeals received under the Representation of the People Act, 1950, and the Electoral Registration Rules, 1960, should also be resolved in a timely and quality manner, he said. He instructed the officers to ensure that applicants enter their mobile phone number and complete address correctly while filling Form 6 for enrolment as a voter. Operators of public convenience centres should be trained regarding the online application process for Form 6 and prevent multiple entries, he said.
Missing voters should be included in the voter list by matching the electoral rolls of panchayat and assembly constituencies, he said at a meeting in Meerut on Monday.
The Essential Basic Facilities at polling stations should also be updated on the ECINET app,” Rinwa said. “The district magistrate and superintendent of police should jointly inspect polling party departure points and material storage points. In the 2027 Uttar Pradesh assembly election, webcasting will be conducted at all polling stations and CCTV cameras will be installed inside and outside polling stations as well, he said.
“Complaints received on social media should be promptly addressed and factual responses should be provided, while false/misleading news should also be shared with the cyber cell,” he said. The ECI official said the accuracy and inclusiveness of the voter list is a top priority, adding that special attention should be paid to enrolling young and women voters to ensure their participation.
