Ranchi: The state administration is leaving no stones unturned to achieve out to voters and urge them to exercise their franchise within the Lok Sabha election. The Jharkhand office of the manager electoral officer has set up three,359 Electoral Literacy Clubs (ELC) in schools and schools around the state with an intention to unfold consciousness among the first-time voters.
L Khiangte, state’s chief electoral officer, said, “The election fee will meet the deans and registrars of universities around the state to involve the ELCs in energetic consciousness campaigns. We may also conduct a an identical consultation of college ambassadors on the district level within the first week of April.”
Meanwhile in Ranchi, the ELC of St Xavier’s College has been engaged in quite a lot of Systematic Voter’s Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) activities soon after the dates of the elections were announced earlier this month.
“We have organised a number of street plays during the ELC of St Xavier’s College. Other activities, including a ridicule ballot, have been held in quite a lot of schools in Ranchi,” Shweta Ved, executive Justice of the Peace and joint in-charge of SVEEP (Ranchi), said.
Apart from drawing the attention of first-time voters in schools, the ELCs within the schools involving the students of Class IX to XIII will educate different students about the electoral process.
“The state election fee has also set up 20,118 ‘Chunav Pathshala’ at polling booths to achieve out to voters in rural spaces,” Khiangte said.
Khiangte additional said that 37,097 carrier voters will solid their votes from all over the place Jharkhand, with Ranchi registering the very best number of carrier voters (6,681).
L Khiangte, state’s chief electoral officer, said, “The election fee will meet the deans and registrars of universities around the state to involve the ELCs in energetic consciousness campaigns. We may also conduct a an identical consultation of college ambassadors on the district level within the first week of April.”
Meanwhile in Ranchi, the ELC of St Xavier’s College has been engaged in quite a lot of Systematic Voter’s Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) activities soon after the dates of the elections were announced earlier this month.
“We have organised a number of street plays during the ELC of St Xavier’s College. Other activities, including a ridicule ballot, have been held in quite a lot of schools in Ranchi,” Shweta Ved, executive Justice of the Peace and joint in-charge of SVEEP (Ranchi), said.
Apart from drawing the attention of first-time voters in schools, the ELCs within the schools involving the students of Class IX to XIII will educate different students about the electoral process.
“The state election fee has also set up 20,118 ‘Chunav Pathshala’ at polling booths to achieve out to voters in rural spaces,” Khiangte said.
Khiangte additional said that 37,097 carrier voters will solid their votes from all over the place Jharkhand, with Ranchi registering the very best number of carrier voters (6,681).
Lok Sabha elections: EC sets up 3,000 electoral clubs in schools, colleges for poll awareness
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