ECP to update electoral rolls

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will start a campaign to include the names of new Computerised National Identity Card (CNIC) holders in electoral rolls from August 1 across the country.

During the campaign, voters who have become disqualified (due to deaths or cancelled CNICs) will also be excluded from the rolls after their door to door verification process, said a spokesman of the commission while talking to APP.

According to him, door to door verification shall be carried out from August 1 to August 15, 2016 which shall be followed by 21 days of display process starting from August 21, he said.For the said purpose, verifying officials shall visit the permanent addresses of the new CNIC holders for their verification, the spokesman added.

Simultaneously, door-to-door verification of all the deceased voters shall also be carried out for deletion of said voters.After door to door verification, the said lists shall be displayed at designated display centres/offices of District Election Commissioners, Registration Officers and Assistant Registration Officers for public inspection, he added.

List of display centres with contact details shall be shared with media and published on ECP’s official website soon.A mass media campaign has been planned for the event where general public voters shall be requested to check their vote status by sending their CNIC number to 8300 SMS through their mobile phones.

If desired applications for enrolment transfer correction and deletion of votes could be submitted on prescribed forms at designated display centres offices of District Election Commissioners, Registration Officers and Assistant Registration Officers. The ECP has issued necessary instructions to all the Provincial Election Commissioners Regional Election Commissioners District Election Commissioners Nadra and all concerned to complete all the prerequisites of the revision process at the earliest.

The voter count is expected to increase from 93 million to 97 98 millions after the revision process he added.It was also decided that effective monitoring shall also be carried out during the campaign.