Telangana officials told to expedite graduate voter registration in Warangal-Khammam-Nalgonda constituency

Telangana Additional Chief Electoral Officer Dr Vasam Venkateswar Reddy has directed officials to expedite graduate voter enrolment in the Warangal-Khammam-Nalgonda constituency. He stressed certificate verification, removal of duplicate entries, accessible polling stations and timely resolution of address-change applications.

Hyderabad: Emphasising there should be no scope for errors in the voter registration for Warangal-Khammam-Nalgonda Graduates’ Constituency, Telangana Additional Chief Electoral Officer Dr. Vasam Venkateswar Reddy on Thursday instructed officials to expedite enrolment process.

Dr. Reddy, who reviewed voter enrolment process for the constituency at Nalgonda Collectorate, directed officials to identify and reject duplicate votes as per rules. He asked them to initiate measures to verify voter registration applications in a timely manner and provide voting rights to all eligible graduates.

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He instructed officials to carefully examine original certificates, marks memos, provisional certificates, and employee certificates related to educational qualifications in accordance with the rules. If necessary, additional staff should be deployed to speed up the certificate verification process, he said.

Dr. Reddy directed the BLOs to conduct field-level verification of voters’ residential details, while the respective officials should verify educational qualifications.

Regarding polling stations, he instructed precautions during selection to ensure they are easily accessible to voters and considering allocation of polling stations near the voters’ residential areas. He also advised that applications regarding changes in voters’ addresses be resolved strictly according to rules.

He inquired about the availability of ballot boxes and jumbo ballot boxes required for conducting the elections, instructing that any shortages of materials in any district be reported immediately so necessary arrangements can be made.