The Nagaland Board of School Education has informed that the Election Commission of India has issued instructions to maximize the enrolment of young/prospective electors from the campuses through active participation of educational institutions, the details of which are given below: 

1. The electoral rolls are prepared and revised, subject to the overall superintendence, direction, and control of the Election Commission of India under Article 324 of the Constitution, in accordance with the provisions of the Representation of Peoples Act, 1950, and Registration of Electors Rules, 1960.
2. The Election Commission of India has always been committed to conducting a free, fair, and inclusive election, for which an error-free and updated electoral roll is a prerequisite. The electoral roll is updated regularly through the Annual Summary Revision and continuous updation, wherein special focus is given to the registration of new/prospective electors, who are/would be eligible for registration in the electoral roll.
3. Earlier, the registration in electoral roll was done with respect to one qualifying date, i.e. 1st January of the coming year. However, with the recent change in the registration process, provision of four qualifying dates has been introduced, i.e., 1st January, 1st April, 1st July and 1st October of the year in which the final publication of the electoral roll is done. The said provisions have enabled more prospective electors to submit advance applications/claims for registration in Form-6, upon the draft publication of the electoral roll, usually done in November every year.
4. The registration of new/prospective electors has always been a challenging task, and in spite of the Commission’s consistent efforts for encouraging and increasing enrolment in the 18-19 age group, there has always been a shortfall in the registration number. As the majority of such prospective electors are part of the educational institutes, the Commission feels that registration of young/prospective electors can be maximized through active participation of educational institutions by providing:

(a)    A dedicated space on institution's websites where a link for “registration of new voters” along with awareness slogans may be given, to encourage the students for their registration as electors; this link would direct the applicant to Form-6 “Registration of New Voter” on NVSP portal.

(b)   A field embedded towards the end of the registration/examination form with the tagline “application form to be a new voter”. A click on the same would direct the applicant to Form-6 “Registration of New Voter” on the NVSP portal, by hyperlinking the tagline with the portal.

All the Heads of Institutions have been requested to take note and facilitate prospective students to register in the electoral roll.

                                                                                               (DIPR)