Shillong : Meghalaya Chief Secretary,Y Tsering on Saturday launched the state-wide special drive campaign under the theme “Mission Unite – You ‘N’ I towards enrollment” to enroll the left out voters in the State with a special focus on first-time electors particularly in the age group of 18-21, at a function held at J N Stadium in the city.
Former Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) H Brahma, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Meghalaya F R Kharkongor, CEO, Deputy Commissioner and District Election Officer of East Khasi Hills district, P S Dkhar and other senior government officials was also present on the occasion.
The Chief Secretary urged the young people to enroll themselves in the voters’ list and become part of the electoral process to strengthen the democracy. He also reminded that India being the largest democracy in the world, it is the duty and responsibility of each and every citizen to uphold the dignity of democratic election by exercising their franchise in elections.
Former CEC, H Brahma, administered the voter’s pledge and also launched the Meghalaya Votes App.
More than 2800 students from 120 schools from Shillong city participated in the formation of Mission Unite logo at the playground.
It may be mentioned that the Meghalaya Votes mobile application has been designed as a G2C mobile application for the benefit of the people of the state especially the electorates of the State. This App will help the voters to search for details in the Electoral Roll by selecting/entering basic information like district name, Assembly Constituency, name or EPIC number. Using this App, the voters can access their polling station information to enable themselves to cast their votes at the specific polling booth. The App uses Google map to guide the voters to reach the specific polling booth from their current location. The various modules available in the App at present are search polling station, locate your booth, know your MLA, Assembly constituency-wise elected candidates and party-wise breakup of elected candidates.
Electors’ Photo Identity Card ( EPIC) were distributed among newly-enrolled voters in the function where the theme song was also released besides distribution of prizes.
