Motivating students to exercise their voting right in a fair way, Collector L. Subramanian administered a pledge to them on the occasion of the National Voters’ Day at Lady Doak College here on Sunday.
Students from various city colleges attended the awareness programme organised to stress the need to exercise voting rights and fair voting practices. Folk performances, skits, roadshows and rallies at the taluk level were organised for the last one week, targeting the public with the slogan “Easy registration and easy updation”.
“Special emphasis was given on youngsters above the age of 18 urging them to enrol in the voters list and participate in the voting process,” Mr Subramanian said.
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Superintendent of Police Vijayendra S. Bidari, Additional Collector (Development) Rohini Ramdas, Corporation Commissioner C. Kathiravan and other officials spoke at the event.
Many educational institutions in the district also held special cultural programmes and organised rallies to mark the day.
Election officials said Electoral Photo Identity Cards had been distributed to the new voters who had been added to the draft electoral rolls after the recent summary revision. “The cards were distributed to voters at 1,101 polling booths in the district which comprised 10 Assembly segments,” the officials said.
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