Training-cum-meeting of Electoral Registration Officers (EROs), Assistant Electoral Registration Officers (AEROs) and Assistant Election Officers (AEOs) was conducted at the conference hall of the DC Kohima on September 26 in view of the Special Summary Revision of Electoral Rolls, 2017.
According to DIPR report, Deputy Chief Electoral Officer (DCEO) Khekugha Sema chairing the meeting said the training has been organized for all the districts officers relating to the preparation of electoral rolls with a view for clean electoral rolls. He also asked the district officers to bring the errors in E-Rolls and make it free from any kind of error in the E-Rolls of their districts.
He hoped that with the outcome of the summary revision of E-Roll, the state would conduct clean and fair election and also requested the EROs, AEROs and AEOs to clear any doubts which would be required to carry out in their respective districts.
DCEO, Vekho Vero informed that five states would be going for the poll in 2017 where the Commission for the first time was trying to introduce a Certification Course for Returning Officers and Assistant Returning Officers. Nagaland State would be going for election in 2018 where the Commission would be observing the proceeding; he therefore urged all election related officials to be aware of the activities particularly to be undertaken before the state polling and further appealed to them to participate in the discussion for any clarification.
ACEO, Awa Lorin spoke on “general instructions and procedural matters’ on roll revision”, ACEO, Ruokuovituo Khezhie spoke on ‘legal provisions and structures’ while AEO (MIS), Ketuoseu instructed on ‘ERO Net & IT applications’ and DCEO, Vekho Vero shared on ‘SVEEP’.