PANJIM: The Shiroda People’s Forum (SPF) have apprehensions that over 3,000 names of old voters from Shiroda could be missing from the Revised Electoral Roll 2019 even as a final copy will be released on January 5, 2019. The SPF members said that a majority of these could be due to technical errors and some of them due to mischief by other vested interests.
The SPF members stated that they have also spoke to Goa State Election Officials who reassured them that one more chance would be given to residents before the elections to rectify missing entries and errors. The draft electoral list was first released in September 2018.
“Nearly 25-30 percent first-time voters have not yet been enrolled from Shiroda itself. Moreover over 3,000 names of old voters from Shiroda might be missing from the Revised Electoral,” said Pascal Rodrigues, a resident of Karai Village in Shiroda and co-convenor of the Forum.
Speaking to media persons in the city, Rodrigues urged the main political parties in Goa to ensure that voters are enlisted in the voting roll. The SPF will be conducting an awareness campaign in the constituency starting from Wednesday to ensure that first time voters are enrolled and names of old voters are not dropped for changing their places of residence within the constituency.
