The voter list for MLC (graduate) elections published on January 12 this year smacked of irregularities with enrolment of persons passing graduation in 2016, contravening the guidelines to enrol voters who graduated prior to 2013 and those passing polytechnic, who were ineligible, CPI(M) leaders asserted on Wednesday.
Pointing out the irregularities at a meeting convened by District Collector Ch. Vijayamohan in his chambers, CPI(M) city secretary Ghouse Desai and district secretariat member B. Ramanjaneyulu submitted to the Collector the details of voters who were enrolled despite non-submission of certificates and those submitting certificates without any attestation.
The party leaders told the media that they sought postponement of MLC elections until rectification of lapses in the voter list.
While some polling stations in Kurnool Municipal Corporation had only 15 to 290 voters, polling stations in Panyam, Yemmiganur, Banaganapalle, Nandyal, Atmakur and Nandikotkur constituencies were allotted about 2,000 voters, they said. Voters of a street or an area were allotted to different polling stations creating unwarranted confusion, they added.
Voters of Kallur, which is part of Kurnool Municipal Corporation, were scattered and allotted to polling stations in Veldurthi, Adoni, Chippagiri, and Peapully mandals.
Voters of Kurnool city were allotted to polling booths in far away Atmakur, Dhone, Adoni, Peapully mandals, they said and recalled that their earlier representations on the matter were ignored by officials.
Irregularities were rampant in voter lists of every area in the district owing to laxity of officials, the CPI(M) leaders said.
They wanted voter lists prepared basing on house numbers and steps to allot voters of an area in a polling booth nearer to them.
They wanted rectification of the voter lists and to allot about 1,000 votes to each polling booth.
The District Collector assured them of verifying and taking remedial action, the CPI(M) leaders said.
CPI secretary Rasool also alleged irregularities in the voter lists.
