Rush to register names on voters' list in Delhi as EC extends date

NEW DELHI: Over two lakh people in the city have applied for registration as voters since last month with 50,000 of those applications coming in the last week alone, election commission officials said today.

EC had on Sept. 9 finalised the voters' list for the Dec. 4 polls. However, with the overwhelming rush to sign up for voting, it has now decided to accept fresh applications until Nov. 6.

It has also asked booth level officers (BLOs) to verify the applications before the list for the Assembly elections is finalised.

Election Commission of Delhi officials today held a meeting with booth level officers and directed them to conduct door-to-door surveys and speed up the verification process for voters' enrolment.

Presently, 11,000 BLOs are working on the field to register eligible voters who are yet to be enrolled as electors.