Pune: The Maharashtra state election office has reached out to the Election Commission of India (ECI) amid rising complaints from citizens about the difficulty to search for their names and polling booth information on the voter helpline app and requested that changes be introduced to address the issue ahead of the upcoming assembly elections. Many citizens groups also communicated the same to district collectors, who passed on the information to the ECI. Election officials confirmed their technical team would work to resolve the problem.
A senior election official said that voters registered 10-12 years ago and before that often struggle to instantly find their names and polling booth information on the voter helpline app, since most of their electors photo identity cards were not linked to their mobile numbers. “ECI’s IT team is working on it and the problem should be addressed ahead of the polls hopefully,” he said. The state had urged ECI to make the voter name search functionality user-friendly on the app.
“We have conveyed the feedback from the ground to ECI. They have assured that their technical team will work on improving the app’s interface and search capabilities,” the official added. Citizen groups also echoed the need for a more seamless voter search experience, highlighting the inconvenience faced by many.
“It’s a common problem and we hope the ECI will address it soon, as it can significantly impact voter participation,” said citizen Ajay Mohite. Activist Rohan Desai said it was an issue during the Lok Sabha polls too. “There were problems with Marathi to English fonts while searching for names.
The process to find names and polling booths has to be simplified,” he said. We also published the following articles recently New polling booths in 11 societies, 9 slums; 52k city voters added to list Nagpur district administration established 20 new polling booths in high-rise societies and slum areas to boost voter participation in the assembly elections. This initiative, following ECI guidelines, aims to facilitate voting within 2 kilometres for residents.
The district saw an increase in polling centres from 4,474 to 4,610 and a rise in voters from 42.72 lakh to 43.24 lakh.
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However, TOI Tech found the site and app functional in their checks. Maharashtra has almost 9.4 crore voters, more women voters in four districts Maharashtra's latest draft electoral roll shows an increase of 7.
3 lakh voters since the April revision, with a notable rise of 3.9 lakh women voters compared to 3.4 lakh male voters.
Despite this, male voters still outnumber female voters in the state. Various government schemes targeting women were announced ahead of the upcoming state assembly polls in October 2023..
