Filing of nominations for Urban Local Body polls begins today
Filing of nomination papers for the upcoming Urban Local Body Election began today.
According to SEC sources, the assistant returning officers who have recently completed the poll training process will start accepting the nomination papers from today.
The nominations can be submitted from 10 am onwards and nominations will be accepted on Saturday, the last day for submitting nominations is February 4 and February 7 will be the last date for withdrawal of nominations.
Meanwhile, a section of revenue officers who execute the poll works has told their senior officials to relieve them from regular administrative work as the SEC had allotted very little time for them to prepare for the elections.
The usual window period of 30 to 40 days to conduct the poll is reduced this time, with just three weeks left, said a senior government official.
The SEC also said that the polling on February 19 will be held between 7 am to 6 pm with the last one hour reserved for COVID-19 patients to vote.
The poll body also announced round the clock helpline numbers for the voters to register poll-related complaints and violations in the model code of conduct. The voters can call toll free numbers 18004257072, 18004257073 and 18004257074 to register their grievances.