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11th State Level Voters’ Day to be observed virtually at the Haryana Civil Secretariat Chandigarh on January 25
Chandigarh, January 22: The 11th State Level Voters’ Day will be observed virtually at the Haryana Civil Secretariat Chandigarh on January 25, 2021. Haryana Chief Secretary, Vijai Vardhan will be the chief guest on this occasion, while the programme will be chaired by Additional Chief Secretary, Home Department, Rajeev Arora. All the Deputy Commissioners and other officers of the state will also attend the programme virtually from their respective districts.
Giving information about this, Chief Electoral Officer Anurag Agarwal said that Voters’ Day will be observed from the district level to the polling station level in which voters will be made aware of their constitutional rights. He said that in compliance with the guidelines by Election Commission of India during COVID-19, special brief revision of photo-electoral rolls was conducted twice in the state.
Agarwal said that 5,02,030 new voters were added in the state during the revision of the voter on the basis of eligibility on January 1, 2021, which now has 1,88,08,322 voters. Of these, 1,00,44,531 are male and 87,63,791 are female voters. He also said that to make voters aware, the Election Commission will conduct seminars on the topic ‘Sabhi Matdatta Banne Sashakt, Satark, Surakshit Aur Jagruk’ (Let all voters be strong, alert, safe and aware).
He said that on this Voters Day, e-EPIC facility will be provided to voters in two phases. The first phase will be held from January 25 to January 31 which will include new mobile voters with unique mobiles. In the second phase this facility will be available to all registered voters.
