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Kathmandu Saturday June 16, 2001 Ashadh 02, 2058.
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Two-thirds of voters’ ID
cards found with errors
Post Report
DANG, June 15 - Distribution of voter’s
identity cards (ID) to the electors from the two constituencies of this district has not
been completed yet despite the third attempt.
It has been found that two-thirds of the ID
cards prepared so far have been found with errors. The photography of the voters had
started in July, last year.
Out of the 67,000 plus ID cards distributed so
far, only 3,811 ID cards in both the constituencies have been found flawless and the rest
were found full of defects in their name, sex and address.
Voter ID cards are being introduced in many
districts with a view to ensuring free and fair elections.
Following the massive flaws in the voters’
ID cards, the Election Commission had asked the Home Ministry to withhold taking
photographs of the electors for at least a year.
This is the fourth time that voters’
photographs are being taken in the district since last Wednesday.
Administrative Officer in Dang, Ganga Bahadur
Chhetri, said that the photography teams began their works on last Wednesday. The team
will take photographs of the new eligible voters and correct the mistakes of the old ID
card holders.
As the photography teams this time would not
visit each of the villages, most of the eligible voters have to trek hours to get their
photographs taken. The number of people taking their photographs will decline due to the
difficulty in walking a long distance and the rainy season.
Last year, only 54 percent of the eligible
voters had their photographs taken even though the photography teams had been assigned to
each ward of all the VDCs.
Chief of the District Election Office, Surya
Nath Sapkota, said that more than 12,000 new voters had been identified in the two
constituencies. But no arrangement has so far been made to take their photographs for
election purposes, Sapkota said.
The District Administration Office has made the
voter lists of 2054 B.S. as the basis of taking photographs for the ID cards.
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