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Bengaluru Buzz: Low voter turnout | HC upholds minimum wage hike in 34 industries | Properties to be acquired in ORR for Metro

April 22, 2019 News Desk

Voter turnout in Bengaluru lower than in 2014 elections, High Court upholds state government’s decision to increase minimum wages in 34 industries, properties being acquired for Metro ORR line – read more on what happened in Bengaluru over the past week

Governance

IT city Bengaluru struggling with online voter registration

November 29, 2012 Meera K

In a city that prides itself on information technology, the Election Commission’s buggy voter registration tool online is frustrating citizens to no end.

Large scale changes in voter list: Is the CEO concerned?

November 18, 2012 PG Bhat

The CEO of Karnataka disagreed with allegations that 30% of voter names were removed from the rolls in Basavanagudi. He is right – the deletions were close to 36.36%. He said “over 53,000 names” were added to the rolls – right again! 3,99,299 voters were added.

Tryst with democracy – the CEO Way

November 5, 2012 PG Bhat

With over one million names deleted from the rolls of Bangalore districts alone, why is the onus on citizens to check if their name is on the rolls.

Governance

Check if your name still exists on voter rolls!

November 1, 2012 PG Bhat

If you have voted in previous elections, have a voter ID card, and have not shifted your residence, still your name may have been deleted from the electoral rolls. Please verify and restore your name if deleted.

Governance

If you don’t vote, will it be ‘by the people’?

October 22, 2012 PG Bhat

Voter turnout is based on the number of voters enrolled. When the quality and completeness of electoral roll itself is suspect, what does it mean? Part 1 of a series of articles on the status of electoral rolls and what we can do to improve it.

Bridging the voting gap

April 8, 2010 Kathyayini Chamaraj

Why does every election leave the affluent and educated voters unmoved? Could it be that some of them see no need to vote?

Governance

State Election Commission orders voter roll checking after citizens detect goof up

February 15, 2010 Vaishnavi Vittal

The English language voter rolls for several polling booths were found to be complete replications of entries from other booths, Smart Vote found out.

Get set, vote!

April 19, 2009 News Desk

Elections are scheduled on this Thursday, Apr 23 for Bengaluru. Be prepared – check your names on the rolls, learn about the candidates and find your polling booth.