Officials attending the training through virtual mode in connection with conduct of Special Summary Revision of Electoral Roll on September 24. (Photo Courtesy: CEO Nagaland office)
Dimapur, September 24 (MExN): Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Nagaland office organized training through virtual mode for Electoral Registration Officers (EROs), Assistant Electoral Registration Officers (AEROs) and Assistant Election Officers (AEOs) in connection with conduct of Special Summary Revision of Electoral Roll with reference to January 1, 2022 as the qualifying date.
There are 13 EROs, 60 AEROs and 10 AEOs in the State. The EROs/AEROs are administrative officers: ADCs/SDOs(C)/EACs. All the districts participated in the training which was held on September 24, Ruokuovituo Khezhie, Joint Chief Electoral Officer, Kohima stated in a press release.
Addressing the training, V Shashank Shekhar, CEO reminded the officials that the Election Commission is monitoring the progress of various pre-revision and revision activities. He mentioned the important role of BLOs (Booth Level Officers) at the booth level. He spoke on the importance of an accurate electoral roll in general. He stated that through the Election Commission’s SVEEP (Systematic Voters Education and Electoral Participation) programme, the voters in general and especially the new voters may be made more aware about the true spirit of democracy.
The technical session on legal provision and procedures on electoral roll was conducted by Alila Chang, Assistant CEO and procedures on Forms processing in ERO Net by users was taken by Kitoka, Programmer. Rokuovituo Khezhie, Joint CEO gave the welcome address and Awa Lorin, Deputy CEO proposed the vote of thanks.
The IT initiatives of the Election Commission were also explained during the training. These include the Garuda app through which the latitude/longitude, photos and AMF (Assured Minimum Facility) of the polling booth are being uploaded and the VHA (Voter Helpline App) through which the voter can apply online for inclusion, deletion, correction and transposition of his name in the voters list.
