The Election Commission (EC) will submit the closing voter checklist on 2 March after it’s a long way up so a long way, acknowledged Election Commissioner Brig Gen (retd) Abul Fazal Md Sanaullah recently (2 December).
He made the announcement while talking to journalists after the first assembly of the newly-fashioned EC on the Nirbachan Bhaban in Dhaka’s Agargaon in the morning.
Chaired by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin, the overall commissioners – Sanaullah, Md Anwarul Islam Sarker, Abdur Rahmanel Masud, and Tahmida Ahmad – attended the assembly, which began at 11am and mentioned many election-related concerns.
Sanaullah acknowledged, “We have got decided that the voter checklist will most likely be up so a long way between 2 January and 2 March [next year]. Then the checklist will most likely be closing and we’re going to submit it.”
“Afterwards, we’re going to streak door to door and win voters’ info. Records will most likely be restful about these that might perchance per chance per chance no longer be integrated in the voter checklist [prepared by 2 March] and these which might perchance be eligible to be voters in 2026.
“Besides, info might perchance per chance also be restful to eradicate the names of these which have died from the voter checklist,” added the commissioner.
He further acknowledged details about twin voters or varied complications might perchance per chance also be restful.
“By going door to door, we’re going to be in a space to originate sure 100% correctness in accordance with appropriate and complete info. This can take roughly six months for the overall process to be performed,” acknowledged Sanaullah.
The period in-between govt fashioned the unique price on 21 November, with habitual secretary AMM Nasir Uddin because the CEC.
On 5 September, a month after the ouster of the Awami League govt, the outdated price led by Kazi Habibul Awal resigned amid excessive criticism for his or her controversial roles in holding elections, including the 2024 national polls.
