The final phase of updating the voters list began in 120 upazilas in Dhaka and Chittagong divisions on Monday. This is part of the continuous process of updating the voters’ list.
Volunteers will go door to door to collect the data of probable new voters, for corrections and deletion of the names, who died or moved to other areas, from the voters’ list.
Those who turned 18 in January, 2014 and those who were not enlisted before as voters will be eligible for becoming voters. They will be photographed and their finger prints will be scanned, sources in the EC said.
Several notifications have already been issued on the media giving detail information about enrollment process. However, those who will try to become voters more than once will be liable to severe punishment, said Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmed.
A form can be filled and submitted for corrections. The CEC urged the people to assist the volunteers in their work. People failing to meet the volunteers can enroll themselves at registration centres.
The first phase began in the coastal and the marshy areas on May 15. The second phase began in the townships after that. More than 400 Upazilas have so far been covered.
Over 60,000 people are engaged and about Tk 590 million will be spent to complete the project by November. A draft list will be published early next year, said the CEC.
