GURUGRAM: Only 4 NRIs have registered as electorate within the city thus far, the administrative center of deputy commissioner Vinay Pratap Singh has informed.
NRIs can sign up as electorate on their own however they were in all probability not aware of the same, said Singh on Wednesday. Till now, there has been no reliable depend of the number of NRIs within the city. Singh said, “Probably, many NRIs don’t know that they can sign up to vote here. Only 4 NRIs have registered as electorate in Gurugram. However, there is a substantial number of NRIs from the town.”
On the registration procedure for NRIs, he said, “They can click at the ‘sign up age NRI voter’ tab at the web site of the Election Commission of India (ECI) which opens the National Voters Services Portal (NVSP) and fill Form-6A on-line within the portal. The applicant has to give name, passport main points, visa main points, and so on. It is a simple process and NRIs can simply sign up as electorate.”
NRIs this correspondent spoke to said that they were not aware of the NRI electorate’ registration process. “So a long way, we were not aware in regards to the registration process. Since now we know about it and the district administration is encouraging NRIs to vote, I will be able to sign up on the earliest,” said an NRI, who wanted to stay anonymous.
As part of arrangements for the Lok Sabha elections, the media unlock said, all polling stations within the district were being inspected. Officials are ensuring that every polling station has facility of ramps for specially-abled other folks, together with bathrooms, ingesting water, electrical energy and so on.
Haryana chief electoral officer Rajiv Ranjan has been reviewing the arrangements thru video-conferencing. The nationwide voter day will likely be celebrated on January 25 when individuals who have became 18 years previous by January 1, 2019, will likely be given their voter identification playing cards.
NRIs can sign up as electorate on their own however they were in all probability not aware of the same, said Singh on Wednesday. Till now, there has been no reliable depend of the number of NRIs within the city. Singh said, “Probably, many NRIs don’t know that they can sign up to vote here. Only 4 NRIs have registered as electorate in Gurugram. However, there is a substantial number of NRIs from the town.”
On the registration procedure for NRIs, he said, “They can click at the ‘sign up age NRI voter’ tab at the web site of the Election Commission of India (ECI) which opens the National Voters Services Portal (NVSP) and fill Form-6A on-line within the portal. The applicant has to give name, passport main points, visa main points, and so on. It is a simple process and NRIs can simply sign up as electorate.”
NRIs this correspondent spoke to said that they were not aware of the NRI electorate’ registration process. “So a long way, we were not aware in regards to the registration process. Since now we know about it and the district administration is encouraging NRIs to vote, I will be able to sign up on the earliest,” said an NRI, who wanted to stay anonymous.
As part of arrangements for the Lok Sabha elections, the media unlock said, all polling stations within the district were being inspected. Officials are ensuring that every polling station has facility of ramps for specially-abled other folks, together with bathrooms, ingesting water, electrical energy and so on.
Haryana chief electoral officer Rajiv Ranjan has been reviewing the arrangements thru video-conferencing. The nationwide voter day will likely be celebrated on January 25 when individuals who have became 18 years previous by January 1, 2019, will likely be given their voter identification playing cards.
Just four NRIs on Gurugram’s voting rolls
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