PG Bhat, Author at Citizen Matters, Bengaluru

Why thousands of Bengalureans could not vote this Lok Sabha election

April 19, 2019 PG Bhat

Many Bengaluru voters were deleted randomly from the electoral rolls, without any verification, in a ‘drive’ just before this election. Conversely, thousands of applications for enrolment were not processed at all. Abrupt, abnormal modifications of voter rolls are costing citizens their right to vote

Same household, different polling booths: Here’s why

March 27, 2019 PG Bhat

Sometimes members of the same household are enrolled in separate voter lists, and have to go to different polling booths to vote. Confirm the polling booth of your family members online, to avoid confusion

Your last chance to register as a voter this election

March 15, 2019 PG Bhat

Tomorrow, March 16th, is the last date for voter registration. If your name is not in the voter rolls yet, here is how to register, either online or offline.

Electoral roll revision in Bengaluru: Have you been visited by officials for verification?

August 20, 2018 PG Bhat

The Chief Electoral Officer for Karnataka had admitted to the possibility of Bengaluru’s voter roll being bloated. And here we are, with a summary revision taking place. Did you have visitors who tried to verify your address and voter id?

Why Bengaluru’s voter turnout cannot be so low

May 14, 2018 PG Bhat

Low voter turnout shames India’s IT city Bangalore states NDTV and others nod in agreements. The authorities, politicians, noted citizens, all are aflame criticising the citizens for not participating in the elections. Newspaper have used

Election Commission website plays PEEKABOO – site out of sight, not out of mind

April 17, 2018 PG Bhat

You want to search for your name in the voter list, but the website doesn’t open. You won’t know where to search. Then the website redirects, or opens on its own.

Bengaluru’s voter turnout could look low this time as well – here’s why

April 11, 2018 PG Bhat

Problems of duplicate voter entries in the rolls continue to affect the quality of voter rolls. It’s too late to correct them now, but Election Commission can correct the entries before 2019 election.

Trust not the National Voters’ Services Portal this election season!

March 23, 2018 PG Bhat

Check your name in voter list using the state election commission website, because the data elsewhere might not be authentic,.

Does Karnataka’s voter list have errors? Here’s what we know

March 16, 2018 PG Bhat

Voter list is referred by everyone including officials and political parties. There are indications of the list having serious errors this time. Can the errors be rectified?

Analysis of Election Commission data throws up anomalies in voter list

November 14, 2017 PG Bhat

Everything looks fine when you look at the lists displayed in the Election Commission website. It takes an expert to dig out the things wrong with it. Here is one analysis on the voter list published recently.

Mystery of deleted voters in Mahadevpura and other blunders

January 25, 2016 PG Bhat

It’s National Voters’ Day. However, the real voter continues to suffer while the officials get rewarded for the work they did not do!

Around 4 lakh voters to be denied voting opportunity?

August 14, 2015 PG Bhat

Have you checked and ensured that your name is included? PG Bhat says that around 4,00,000 voters might be denied voting rights this time, while duplicated records will continue to exist on rolls.

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