Shimla, Apr 8(UNI) The qualifying dates for registration for new voters who have attained the age of 18 years on the 1st of either of the months viz. January, April, July, or October were eligible to get themselves enrolled in the voter's list instead of once a year as was the practice earlier Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Maneesh Garg, said here on Monday.
Garg said the changes have been made by the ECI to facilitate the first voters to enroll in the voters list four times a year to exercise their right to franchise during the elections.
Given these Amendments, those citizens who have attained the age of 18 years as of 1st April 2024 can also register themselves as voters for casting their votes in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in Himachal Pradesh, he remarked.