The collection of voter list with photographs conducted by the District Election Office has been suspended. As the government has announced the election of the province and the House of Representatives on the 4th of Mangsir, the list collection work has been postponed here. The head of the office, Madhav Phuyal, said that after the announcement of the date of the election, the collection of the voter list was suspended as per the election code of conduct.
Preparations are underway to publish the final list after updating the latest data of the voter list collection. He said, "The work of registering the compiled list is going on, after the registration is completed, we will send it to the Commission, after which the total number of voters will come." After the local elections, since Ashar 1, the work of collecting the names was being done regularly in the district election office, district administration office and area administration office. So far, more than 151,000 people from Baitadi have registered their names in the voters' list with photos. In the local elections, there were 148,606 voters, after which 3,000 more registered their names in the voter list with photos, said Tarkaraj Joshi, the computer operator of the office.
Citizens who have reached the age of sixteen and have obtained a certificate of Nepali citizenship can register their name in the voter's list along with their photo. For the right to vote, one must be 18 years old and be registered in the electoral roll with a photo. It is said that along with the announcement of the date of the provincial and House of Representatives elections, the election office has started internal preparations here as well. According to the election office, after the commission publishes the schedule, more work will be started in the district.
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