J-K: 1.60 lakh additions in annual voter roll revision, 67,690 entries deletedJammu and Kashmir saw over 1.60 lakh new voters added to its electoral rolls. The special summary revision also included numerous correctio...
Actress Nitu Chandra removed as election icon in Bihar for voicing political viewsActress Nitu Chandra has been removed as the icon for voter awareness in Bihar. The Election Commission took this action after complaints t...
Bihar polls: How the state breaks its voting ceilingEven more striking is the 71.6% turnout among women - nearly nine percentage points higher than men and arguably unmatched in 75 years of I...
Students raise voter awareness in Srinagar ahead of assembly elections in Jammu and KashmirScores of students from various educational institutions in Srinagar participated in the SVEEP initiative to promote voter awareness. The e...
IIT Guwahati unveils Innovative 3D Printed Dummy Ballot UnitIn a pioneering initiative aimed at enhancing voter awareness and engagement, the Systematic Voters' Education and Electoral Participation ...
EC warns LDF candidate Sunil Kumar against using photo of his with actor Tovino Thomas for campaignSeizing the opportunity, the BJP-led NDA early this week filed a complaint with the district Collector, who is also the returning officer f...
Banks may be roped in to spread awareness among votersState-run banks together have around 86,000 branches across the country. These branches could provide a touchpoint for election authorities...
Where can I get voting help online?Portal called Systematic Voters’ Education and Electoral Participation program, http://ecisveep.nic.in/, also known as SVEEP, is a program ...
View: GoI’s vaccination programme does have a backup communication strategySVEEP was born out of the realisation of the sticky gaps in voter registration and turnout. India’s national voting stagnated at around 55-...
Election officials hope for a SVEEPing change in urban voters’ attitudeThey aim to increase voter turnout in Bengaluru Urban by at least 10% through an awareness campaign.
Red tape trips citizens’ effort to cast their votesIn fact, an official who was part of the election team said voter’s slips and voter’s guides were not delivered to his home too until he as...
Clouded leopards to be EC mascot for electoral roll revisionAccording to F R Kharkongor, over 16.59 lakh voters have registered with a deficit of 1.28 lakh people, who are yet to be enrolled with the...
- North-East actress Rajni Basumatary becomes brand Ambassador of SVEEP
Rajani, an actress from the north-eastern part of India, was approached by the Deputy Commissioner, Leh Simrandeep Singh, to support the SV...
100 Model Polling Stations, 70 voter facilitation counters set up in KathuaA special plan has also been formulated in snow bound areas and in migratory zones for better electoral participation in elections.
EC 'sveeps' nation to full house partySystematic Voters’ Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) by EC has come up with different inovative ways to spread information to v...
Lok Sabha polls: 6 of 10 eligible voters aren’t registeredMeanwhile, the EC, with the help of its SVEEP, plans to address this problem by reaching out to youth on college campuses, organizing aware...
Chhattisgarh poll officials hopeful of high voter turnout tomorrowOfficers in Chhattisgarh's Chief Electoral Office are hopeful of a high voter turnout.