Complaint cell set up for voters’ registration

Citizens urged to cooperate with commission’s door-to-door campaign

RAWALPINDI:

The District Election Commission (DEC) Rawalpindi has set up a cell for voters’ registration complaints, said District Election Commissioner Rawalpindi Shaheen Ghazal on Monday.

She said that citizens can lodge any complaints regarding the voters’ registration on the numbers of the complaint cell, including 051-9290177, 051-9290174 and 03337734243.

The election commissioner confirmed that the door-to-door voters’ verification campaign was in full swing in Rawalpindi district. A total of 3,454,461 voters are registered in the Rawalpindi district, while all eligible persons would be registered under the campaign before the 2023 general elections.

The first phase of the verification campaign would continue till December 6, while the second phase of electoral rolls’ verification would begin from Jan 26 next year, said Ghazal.

The DEC urged the citizens to cooperate with the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and take part in the verification process—be it for registration or transfer of their votes—as the verified lists would help in ensuring transparency.

The teams would hand over form-13 to a voter if their vote is not registered or its transfer is sought, she said, adding that the citizen would have to return the form to the teams after filling it. Meanwhile, government employees will use form-14.

The authorities concerned were assigned the task to oversee all stages of the revision of electoral rolls in their respective areas.

The preliminary draft of the electoral rolls would be displayed in designated display centres for public review.

The public can also register their complaints for corrections in the list, transfer of their votes to a permanent or temporary address written on their Computerized National Identity Cards (CNICs). Citizens can also add their names to the list and remove the names of deceased voters.

The ECP has asked voters to check their registration status on the voters’ lists by sending an SMS with their CNIC number to 8300.

An automated response will be received in this regard with the name of electoral area, block code and serial number.

According to election commission officials, 52 assistant registration officers, 585 supervisors and 1,882 verification officers have been appointed for door-to-door verification. They said the total population of Rawalpindi stands at 5.4 million, with over 3.4 million registered voters.

 

Published in The Express Tribune, November 23^rd, 2021.