Telangana Election Officers Attend CEO's Meeting in Delhi

HYDERABAD: Telangana state election officers on Friday made a presentation of best practices implemented in the recently concluded Assembly polls, at a conference of Chief Electoral Officers (CEOs) of all states in New Delhi that was organised by the Election Commission of (India) ahead of the general elections.

The two-day conference that ended on Friday was held to share experiences and learnings from recently Assembly elections last year, along with discussions on election planning, expenditure, monitoring, electoral roll, data management, EVM/VVPAT, SVEEP strategy, media and communication.

Telangana state additional CEO Lokesh Kumar and joint CEO Sarfaraz Ahmed attended the conference

Officials said that the presentation focused on conduct of weekly meetings with political parties at the ERO level and enrollment of young voters in the 18-19 age group. They said the gender ratio had improved to 1,000.20 from  972 during 2018.

They also highlighted purification of rolls, correction of electoral details, recertification of PSE deletions, conversion of nonstandard EPIC to standard and printing and distribution of new cards, coordinated efforts to curtail expenditure, C vigil,  Suvidha portal, arrangement of 100 per cent webcasting in urban areas.