Staff Reporter :
The Election Commission (EC) will start enlisting new voters across the country from July 25 in a bid to update the existing voter list.
Secretary of EC Muhammad Abdullah told journalists after attending a meeting on updated voter list at the EC secretariat in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar that representatives of the EC would go door to door in each constituency until August 9 to enlist new voters.
The draft updated voter list will be published on January 2 next to receive and dispose of complaints about it, if any. The EC will publish the final updated voter list on January 31 next, he said.
To update the list, the EC collected data of tentative voters between November 25 and December 15 last year.
Abdullah said the EC estimates some 35 lakh fresh voters will come out during the countrywide voter list updating programme this year.
He said the enumerators will collect the data of possible voters visiting houses for 72 days in three phases in the country.
The youths who were born on or before January 1, 2000 will be qualified to become voters this time.
Currently, there are around 10.14 crore voters in the country.
The EC has also taken measures for 30 upazilas to prevent Rohingyas from being voters during the voter list updating programme beginning on July 25 next across the country.
“There are some special areas from where Rohingyas get enrolled as voters. The special areas were earlier only 20 upazilas. But, this year we’ve defined 10 more upazilas as special areas,” Muhammad Abdullah said.
The EC secretary said there are special committees in the 30 upazilas to keep Rohingyas and other foreigners away from the electoral roll.
He said if anyone wants to get registered as voter, he/she needs to submit the photocopy of his or her paternal uncles and aunts alongside that of parents.
The Election Commission (EC) will start enlisting new voters across the country from July 25 in a bid to update the existing voter list.
Secretary of EC Muhammad Abdullah told journalists after attending a meeting on updated voter list at the EC secretariat in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar that representatives of the EC would go door to door in each constituency until August 9 to enlist new voters.
The draft updated voter list will be published on January 2 next to receive and dispose of complaints about it, if any. The EC will publish the final updated voter list on January 31 next, he said.
To update the list, the EC collected data of tentative voters between November 25 and December 15 last year.
Abdullah said the EC estimates some 35 lakh fresh voters will come out during the countrywide voter list updating programme this year.
He said the enumerators will collect the data of possible voters visiting houses for 72 days in three phases in the country.
The youths who were born on or before January 1, 2000 will be qualified to become voters this time.
Currently, there are around 10.14 crore voters in the country.
The EC has also taken measures for 30 upazilas to prevent Rohingyas from being voters during the voter list updating programme beginning on July 25 next across the country.
“There are some special areas from where Rohingyas get enrolled as voters. The special areas were earlier only 20 upazilas. But, this year we’ve defined 10 more upazilas as special areas,” Muhammad Abdullah said.
The EC secretary said there are special committees in the 30 upazilas to keep Rohingyas and other foreigners away from the electoral roll.
He said if anyone wants to get registered as voter, he/she needs to submit the photocopy of his or her paternal uncles and aunts alongside that of parents.
