Voter Registration Made Easy for MNC employees - Filled forms collected at Company premises!!
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Written By votedeindia - 21 October, 2008
Bangalore
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For MNC employees, it doesn't get any easier to get their names on voter list. Forms can be filled at their office desks, and submit the filled/signed forms to VoteDeIndia booth that is setup right next to their Cafeterias.
VoteDeIndia (www.votedeindia.org) has Chief Electoral Officer's approval (along with EROs from all 28 assembly constituencies) for collecting forms from MNC employees and VoteDeIndia will take on the burden to submit the received forms to respective ERO offices and bring back acknowledgments to distribute them back to respective employees. Note that the booth at MNCs will be resourced by volunteers from respective MNCs and VoteDeIndia, hence it is a collaborative effort between employees/HR of MNCs and VoteDeIndia.
On top of this, VoteDeIndia will provide online tools and maps to accurately fill forms. At this time, we are looking for volunteers (individuals, groups, NGOs etc) to:
- take this proposal to their respective employers and get their HR to implement this kind of registration drives at their respective office campuses.
- work with VoteDeIndia in sufficiently resourcing the drives, and submissions to ERO offices.
VoteDeIndia@VoteDeIndia.org
This is really gr8 news :)
Vote De India has been a great support at Sasken with a really good turnout as well... Looking forward to such drives in all tech parks!!!!
VoteDeIndia, welcome to Praja, and wish you the very best in this initiative, and hope you find more like minded people here to help.
While welcoming our new member, I am amazed at the vision of VoteDeIndia initiative which is to increase electorate turnout in our elections by leaps and bound, by 2010/20.
I am amazed on two counts. Firstly what is the election commission’s mandate? Is it not to facilitate the public to vote in large numbers by simplifying the underlying process of getting the id? The primary responsibility thus is having a valid voters list. When a person is born he has a birth certificate and he has a right to vote. Certainly for MNC’s what is the issue? Secondly when the commission is helpless in the matter not knowing how the lists are to be made, where is the point in extending a helping hand, in filling forms etc?
The election Commissioner was on TV announcing 30 September 2008 as last date for obtaining Ids etc. So good luck for the MNC’s for later elections than the forth coming one!
While the election commission's voter list is imperfect, we can not be on the sidelines waiting for the system to get perfect. When we participate, we can better influence changes in the system. Having said this, we are actively working with Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) to improve the integrity and accuracy of voter list, and also to simplify the process. In the mean time, we want to make it easy for people to get into voter list. Beyond the birth certificate, it is important to establish 'residency' in a specific constituency.
Handwriting-filled applications have resulted in typos, rejections and errors in voter lists, hence a computer-filled and printed form helps getting the name correctly at first attempt. Also, many incorrectly identify their assembly constituency, for example, it's natural for people residing in Sarvagnanagar area to think that they belong to Sarvagnanagar constituency, but they are wrong, because their area is within CV raman nagar constituency. Hence, our online map tool will help applicants to accurately identify their constituency, and also help guide ERO office about the Part number within the constituency. Many times, names are entered into wrong Part number because the ERO office couldn't decide on the precise location of address. Out online tool will help print the map so that applicant can help guide the ERO office to the accurate Part number.
BMP elections may happen soon, but the Parliamentary elections are expected next year, and i am sure more elections will happen in coming years.
Constructive and Encouraging feedback is most welcome.
VoteDeIndia.org
ssheragu
glad to know that registration drives were held in MNC's
can similar drves be held in reserach labs. DRDO labs. and PSU's
Please confirm
thanks
Srinath Heragu
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