State Chief Electoral Officer Sanjiv Kumar on 3-day tour Appeals youths above 18 years to enrol names in voter list To hold special review meeting with Mysuru DC today Mysore/Mysuru: In what is seen as a big relief, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has decided to extend the postal ballot facility to Persons with…
Voter list revision drive begins in city
November 19, 2020To conclude on Dec.17 Mysore/Mysuru: The month-long special voter list revision drive in the three Assembly segments of the city — Krishnaraja (KR), Narasimharaja (NR) and Chamaraja — began yesterday. The drive has been undertaken following directions from the Election Commission of India (ECI). As a first step in this regard, the MCC yesterday published…
Month-long voter list revision from Nov.18
November 15, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Following directions from Election Commission of India (ECI), the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) will be launching a month-long voter revision drive in three Assembly segments of city (Narasimharaja, Chamaraja and Krishnaraja) from Nov.18 to Dec.17. The revision will take on all working days from 10 am to 5.30 pm during this period. As a…
Sira, R.R. Nagar by-polls on Nov.3
September 29, 2020New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (EC) today announced the schedule for by-polls to several vacant Assembly seats in different States. According to the schedule, the by-poll for Sira Assembly Constituency in Tumakuru District and R.R. Nagar Constituency of Bengaluru city will take place on Nov.3. The counting of votes will take place on…
Bihar will elect next Assembly amid pandemic in three phases
September 26, 2020Polling on Oct. 28, Nov. 3, 7; Counting on Nov. 10 New Delhi: Elections to the 243-member Bihar Legislative Assembly would be held in three phases on Oct. 28, Nov. 3 and 7 with votes counted on Nov. 10, the Election Commission of India (ECI) announced here yesterday. This will be the largest election in…
Revision of voters’ list
August 25, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: As per directions from the Election Commission of India, those who are completing 18 years of age as on January 1, 2021 must enrol their names for voters’ list. Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar has, in a press release, said that they must fill Form-6 online and submit all documents required to nearby Block…
Voters list revision drive begins; to conclude on Oct.31
August 23, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: As per the direction of the Election Commission of India (ECI), the voters list revision has begun in Chamundeshwari Assembly segment of the city. The drive will continue till Oct. 31, during which the eligible voters can add or delete names, make corrections or take transfer to other booths. Accordingly, youths who attain 18…
Deny tickets to candidates with criminal antecedents
January 25, 2020Supreme Court asks Election Commission to prepare framework within a week to curb criminalisation of politics New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) told the Supreme Court that the direction asking poll candidates to declare their criminal antecedents in the media has not helped curb criminalisation of politics, and said political parties should be…
Voters’ Day
January 25, 2020Today is National Voters’ Day and the Election Commission of India has released advertisements asking voters to take a pledge. And that pledge goes like this: “We, the citizens of India, having abiding faith in democracy, hereby pledge to uphold the democratic traditions of our country and the dignity of free, fair and peaceful elections,…
Voter list revision: Deadline extended upto Nov. 30
November 18, 2019Mysuru: Even as the revision of voter list is going on for the past two months following a direction from the Election Commission of India (ECI), the voters have been asked to submit necessary documents such as Aadhaar card and their mobile phone number. The revision was supposed to end today (Nov.18), but subsequent…
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