Focus on low voter turnout booths in Mysuru urban: top poll official

Additional Chief Electoral Officer Kurma Rao M. urges Mysuru district to improve voting percentage & launch more SVEEP drives to increase voter turnout.

The voting percentage in Mysuru district needs improvement and more SVEEP drives are the need of the hour for increasing voter turnout in the coming election, said Additional Chief Electoral Officer Kurma Rao M.

The senior official was presiding over a meeting of the District SVEEP Committee at the deputy commissioner’s office here.

Mr. Rao mentioned the low voter turnout in three urban constituencies in Mysuru city – Krishnaraja, Chamaraja, and Narasimharaja – and told the officers to identify the booths where the percentage of voting has been consistently low despite the efforts to spread voter awareness.

Such booths need special attention and more voter awareness campaigns have to be launched for increasing the participation of voters in the coming elections.

Mr. Rao also told the officers engaged in election-related works to encourage voters who have migrated to other places/areas to get their names shifted to the booths where they are presently residing using Form 8. This will facilitate them to exercise their franchise wherever they are living, he added.

Mr. Rao suggested more activities and drives through electoral literacy clubs. The clubs can be encouraged to take up more voter awareness drives aimed at improving the polling percentage.

The additional chief electoral officer also suggested bringing out short films on voter awareness by holding competitions. The participants can come up with one minute or two-minute short films and the best ones can be presented prizes. The best films can be used for voter awareness campaigns, he advised.