Shillong, July 01: Meghalaya Chief Secretary, Shri Y. Tsering today launched the State wide Special Drive campaign under the theme “Mission Unite – You ‘N’ I towards enrollment” to enroll the left out voters in the State with a special focus on first-time electors particularly in the age group of 18-21 at a function held at J. N. Stadium, Shillong. Shri H. Brahma, former CEC, Shri F. R. Kharkongor, CEO, Meghalaya, Shri P. S. Dkhar, DC and DEO, East Khasi Hills and senior government officials was also present on the occasion.
Speaking on the occasion, Shri Y. Tsering urged the young people to enroll themselves and be part of the electoral process to strengthen the democracy. He also reminded that India being the largest democratic country in the world, it is the duty and responsibility of each and every citizen to uphold the dignity and democratic election by exercising their franchise during the time of election.
During the programme, Shri H. Brahma, former CEC administered the voter’s pledge and also launched the Meghalaya Votes app. On the day, more than 2800 students hailing from 120 schools from Shillong city participated in the formation of Mission Unite logo at the playground.
It may be mentioned that the Meghalaya Votes mobile application has been designed as a G2C mobile application for the benefit of the people of the State catering especially to electorates of the State of Meghalaya. This app will help the voters to search the details in the Electoral Rolls by selecting/entering basic information like District name, Assembly Constituency, name or EPIC number.
Using this app, the voters can access their polling station information to enable them to cast their votes at specific polling booth and the app used Google map to guide the voters the direction and distance to reach the polling booth from their current location. The various modules available at present are search polling station, locate your booth, know your MLA, Assembly constituency wise elected candidates and party wise breakup of elected candidates. Other highlights of the day includes distribution of EPIC to the newly enrolled voters, released of theme song, distribution of prizes, followed by entertainment programmes at the venue.
