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New Delhi : the Election Commission of India (ECI) will launch a special drive to enrol left out electors with a special focus on first time electors from July 1 , 2017 , so as to move in the direction of Commission’s motto ‘NO VOTER TO BE LEFT BEHIND’ .
In order to reach out to maximum eligible voters, the ECI is collaborating with Facebook to launch first Nationwide “Voter Registration Reminder” on July 1, 2017. With over 180 million people in India on Facebook, the ‘Register Now’ button is designed to encourage Indian citizens to register themselves with the Election Commission of India, according to a PIB release.
On July 1, a notification of the “voter registration reminder” will be sent to people who are eligible to voteon Facebook in India. The reminder will be sent out in 13 Indian languages – English, Hindi, Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Punjabi, Bengali, Urdu, Assamese, Marathi and Oriya.This is the first time Facebook’s voter registration reminder has been rolled out across India., according to the PIB release In 2016 and 2017, Chief Electoral Officers made such efforts at state level during their respective state elections.
By clicking on the “Register Now” button on Facebook from July 1, people will be directed to the National Voters’ Services Portal (www.nvsp.in) which will guide them through the registration process.