CEO organises virtual training on SSR of e-roll

September 25, 2021 54 Views No Comment

DIMAPUR, September 25: One day virtual training in connection with conduct of Special Summary Revision (SSR) of electoral roll (e-roll) was organised by Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Nagaland for Electoral Registration Officers (EROs), Assistant Electoral Registration Officers (AEROs) and Assistant Election Officers (AEOs), Friday.

A press release by CEO Nagaland stated that the training was conducted with reference to January 1, 2022 as the qualifying date for the 13 EROs, 60 AEROs and 10 AEOs in the state.

At the programme, CEO V. Shashank Shekhar appreciated the efforts of the administrative and election officers while discharging their official duties.

He reminded the officials that the election commission was monitoring the progress of various pre-revision and revision activities and highlighted the important role of Booth Level Officers (BLOs) at the booth level.

Shekhar also spoke on the importance of an accurate electoral roll in general and stated that through the election commission’s Systematic Voters Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) programme, the voters in general and especially the new voters may be made more aware about the true spirit of democracy.

The IT initiatives of the election commission were also explained during the training. These include the Garuda app through which the latitude/longitude, photos and Assured Minimum Facility (AMF) of the polling booth are being uploaded and the Voter Helpline App (VHA) through which the voter can apply online for inclusion, deletion, correction and transposition of his name in the voters list.

The technical session on legal provision and procedures on electoral roll was conducted by assistant CEO, Alila Chang, procedures on forms processing in ERONet by users was taken by programmer Kitoka, joint CEO Rokuovituo Khezhie delivered the welcome address and deputy CEO Awa Lorin said the vote of thanks.

Source: http://www.nagalandpost.com/ceo-organises-virtual-training-on-ssr-of-e-roll/241013.html