Noida: With assembly elections expected to be held in UP early next year, the GB Nagar administration has started to update electoral rolls.
It has also initiated drives to encourage more people to register as voters.
Officials said that with the changing scenario due to Covid, many people have moved out to their native places and new voters have shifted to Noida.
Officials are now asking people to update their details and get their names added to the voters’ list.
“Registering new voters is a continuous process.
A draft publication is put out every October and the electoral rolls are revised.
A new list is publicised at the beginning of every year.
Since the election is scheduled for 2022, everyone who will be turning 18 years of age till January 1, 2022, can get enrolled as voters to be eligible to vote,” said Vandana Srivastava, additional district magistrate, GB Nagar.
New voters can apply online through ‘www.nvsp.in’ that is the National Voter Service Portal.
With reduced rush at the time, officials are trying to generate the electronic Electors Photo Identity Cards (e-EPIC) at the earliest possible.
“We are trying that all EPICs be delivered to people within two months of application.
Unless there is a discrepancy, we have already cleared all applications that we received since January this year.
This is why we are urging that people should get their EPICs made at the earliest.
If residents register online through their mobile numbers, they don’t even need a physical card.
They will get an e-EPIC that is valid everywhere,” added Srivastava.
She added that following the migration trends during the pandemic, many voters may need to change addresses in their e-EPICs.
Especially for newer voters who have recently moved to the city and have stayed here for the past six months or those who have moved out in the same period, form 6-part 4 needs to be filled for change in address.
This will ensure that their previous voter card is cancelled, and the residents get a new card.
As of now, the projected population of GB Nagar is about 24.4 lakh (till 2021).
So far, there are 15.4 lakh voters in the district, which include 8.6 lakh male and 6.8 lakh female voters.
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