CEO set to woo young voters
Imphal, July 02 2011: With a view to ensure participation of young voters in greater numbers, and also to educate them about electoral politics, the Chief Electoral Officer Manipur is all set to use internet social networking platform of Facebook ahead of the next Assembly elections scheduled in the early part of 2012 . An official source informed that the CEO would open an account in Facebook next week with the primary objective of connecting with young voters.
Detailed information about the Assembly elections would be up-loaded in Facebook which is a popular website among both youngsters and older people. Young voters would also be allowed to post their comments, experiences and opinions about elections in the same website.
The new initiative of using the popular platform of Facebook is to ensure maximum participation of young voters in the Manipur Legislative Assembly elections, and also to educate them about the electoral politics and elections. Against the present figure of 93 per cent, the Election Commission is targeting hundred per cent completion of the photo electoral roll compilation work ahead of the Assembly elections.
With regard to the proposed opening of an account in Facebook, the CEO presided a meeting on 'Systematic voters education and electoral participation on June 29', conveyed the official source
Sources: The Sangai Express $ Epao.net
