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CEC likely to visit TN next month for review

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Press Trust of India Chennai
Last Updated : Jan 29 2016 | 9:32 PM IST
Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi is likely to visit Tamil Nadu next month to review election preparatory work, a top election official said here today.
"Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi is likely to visit Tamil Nadu in the second or third week of February," Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu, Rajesh Lakhoni told reporters here.
He said the exact dates of the visit of the CEC were not known yet. "His visit is to review the election preparations in Tamil Nadu," he said.
So far, nearly 11,000 units of Electronic Voting Machines have arrived out of the total requirement of around 83,000 units, he said.
Two special weekend enrolment camps will be held on January 31 and February 6 at all polling station locations, he said. This was to enable the newly eligible, left out persons to apply for enrolment and to make corrections, transposition of entries, he said.
Hard copy of the electoral roll would be available at the camps for perusal of the public. Electoral rolls are also available at CEO's website: https://bsmedia.business-standard.comelections.Tn.Gov.In.
"For the preparation of error-free Electoral Rolls, public are requested to give priority for applying in online mode through the website: http://elections.Tn.Gov.In," he said.

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First Published: Jan 29 2016 | 9:32 PM IST

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