Expedite voter registration process for Warangal-Khammam-Nalgonda Graduates’ Constituency: Additional CEO

Additional Chief Electoral Officer Vasam Venkateswar Reddy directed officials to expedite voter enrolment for the Warangal-Khammam-Nalgonda Graduates' Constituency. He stressed thorough verification of educational certificates, residential details and address-change applications, besides reviewing polling station accessibility and ballot box availability.

Hyderabad: Additional Chief Electoral Officer Dr. Vasam Venkateswar Reddy on Saturday instructed election officials to formulate a special action plan and expedite the voter enrolment process for the Warangal-Khammam-Nalgonda Graduates’ Constituency.

Dr. Reddy who held a review meeting at the Khammam Collectorate directed officials that applications received for voter registration must be thoroughly verified and processed promptly, leaving no scope for errors in the registration.
Officials were instructed to examine original certificates, marks memos, provisional certificates, and employee certificates related to educational qualifications in accordance with the rules. They were asked to deploy additional staff to speed up the certificate verification process.

Dr. Reddy asked the BLOs to conduct field-level verification of voters’ residential details and respective officials verify educational qualifications. He said applications regarding changes in voters’ addresses be resolved strictly according to rules.
As for polling stations, he directed officials to take precautions during selection to ensure they were easily accessible to voters. He suggested considering the allocation of polling stations near the voters’ residential areas. Additionally, he inquired with officials about the availability of ballot boxes and jumbo ballot boxes required for conducting the elections.

Khammam District Collector TS Diwakara, Additional Collector (Khammam) P Srinivasa Reddy, Additional Collector (Bhadradri-Kothagudem) D Venugopal, Sub-Collector (Kalluru) Ajay Yadav, Sub-Collector (Bhadrachalam) Mrunal Shrestha among other officials attended the meeting.