Kathmandu, Feb 19: The Election Commission has introduced the ‘Temporary Voter List Procedure 2082’ to regularize the process of collecting temporary voter lists and permanent voting required for the elections to be held under the proportional electoral system under the House of Representatives.
The Commission has issued the procedure by exercising the authority granted by Section 44 of the Voter List Act, 2073. As per the procedure, the Commission will publish a notice including the program for collecting permanent voter list.
The names of employees working in the Government of Nepal, provincial governments, local levels, organizations owned or controlled by the government, army, police, detainees and prisoners in prisons, employees and security personnel deployed for election work, and heads and office bearers of constitutional bodies will be included in the permanent voter list.
According to the procedure issued by the Election Commission, if a person’s name is missing or there is any error in the name or details of a voter, the concerned person may submit an application to the Chief Registration Officer with evidence to have their name included or the error corrected, the Commission has stated.
