Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha Elections 2024
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Expansion
After low turnout in the first two phases of Lok Sabha elections, the Election Commission has made a special action plan. Chief Electoral Officer Navdeep Rinwa on Tuesday discussed increasing the voting percentage through video conferencing with the District Election Officers of the remaining five phases. He contacted the voters through call group and asked them to motivate them to vote. Asha, Anganwadi workers, ANM, employment servants and Shiksha Mitras etc. should also be included in this team.
Rinwa said that the festival of democracy should be celebrated as a festival in the remaining five phases, so that the voters can feel proud after voting. For this, hold meetings with non-political and social organizations like business, doctors, lawyers, chemist associations, industrial organizations, RWAs, Rotary Club, Lions Club, NYK etc. He should be given the responsibility of organizing voting awareness rally.
At the same time, police and security personnel should be trained for polite and cooperative behavior on the day of voting. All presiding officers should download and use the voting percentage compilation app on their mobiles. Timely feeding of voting percentage on encore. During this, the nodal officer of the sweep and other concerned officers were present.
Information given about experiments
During this, the District Election Officer of Prayagraj said that voter programs are being conducted in the Sangam Mela area with the slogan of ‘Boating for Voting’ and through hospital slips. Kanpur city informed that workers are being made aware about voting through industrial association. Students and youth have been made ambassadors in Balrampur. Sweep Officer of Gonda informed about organizing Sweep Chaupal.
In Siddharthnagar, village watchmen are going door-to-door and motivating them to vote. In Amethi, polling personnel are being trained to behave well. In Ballia, voters are being made aware by putting voter awareness posters on buses and e-rickshaws, making small video clips and forming groups of 100 students each. In Shravasti, Pratapgarh, Sant Kabirnagar and Bhadohi, people are being motivated to vote through SMS and also by going door-to-door.
Efforts will be made to increase voting through these methods
– To ensure that voting is not affected, power supply should remain uninterrupted.
– Signage etc. should be installed so that voters do not have to wander.
– Arrangements for pure drinking water and toilets will be made at polling stations.
– 100% distribution of voter slips should be ensured.
– Arrangements should be made to protect voters and polling personnel from heat wave.
– Use vacant rooms of polling places as voter waiting areas.
– Voters should be made aware using local cable TV channels.
