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Articles by PG Bhat

About PG Bhat
P G Bhat is a retired naval officer and software professional, an educationist and a social worker.
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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

Governance

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

Governance

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.

Governance

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?

Governance

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

Governance

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.

Governance

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.

Governance

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,.

Governance

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?

Governance

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.

Governance

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!

Governance

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.

Governance

Conversion takes place without consent, in Bengaluru’s voter list!

January 14, 2015 PG Bhat

If you want to vote in the Bengaluru municipality elections, do check your name on the voter roll. On the other hand, you might have erased someone else’s record on voter list, while modifying yours. Not your mistake, anyway!

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Governance

Voter roll in Bangalore: Claims and reality

April 8, 2014 PG Bhat

Despite several alerts on the issue of problems created by poor quality software, voter rolls continue to have the same problems. Illegal deletions and modifications continue.

No Picture
Governance

Bangalore One centres to assist in online, offline voter registration

November 15, 2013 PG Bhat

The voter roll draft has improved, but there remain some inaccuracies and mistakes yet to be corrected. CEO’s response is encouraging, says P G Bhat.

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