Transcript Presentation on Common Electrol roll

Common Electoral Roll
Ajit Joshi
District Election Officer
Sonipat
Use of technology for
election Management
• Use of Unicode
• Formation of call center with 6
operators on election day
• Software for roll revision and making
it as a common pool for all sorts of
elections
Background..
• In the context of Haryana(P.R.):– 1994 and 2004 revision
– BDO is Dist. Electoral Officer
• Definition of Wards:– Continuity and Compactness
• Duplicity of votes
– (Difference >15000 MC Sonipat)
Background..
• Multiplicity of Roles:– Wardbandi by Revenue Dept. i. e. C.R.O.
– Election process by Development and
Panchayat Department
– Different priorities to Assembly and
Panchayat elections at District level
Solution:- Single
Database
• Single Database of Voters List
– The Assembly Voter list can be used to generate the
Panchayat Voter List or vice-versa
– Automatic Generation of Panchayat List or Assembly List
– This can be done on-demand or as a scheduled process.
– The Reports can be printed for a Hardcopy List or viewed in a
soft copy format for each Village.
• Additional features
– Features like searching across specific fields like House
Number will be possible in the proposed solution.
Situation:- Two separate
lists
• Separate Panchayat and Assembly Voter
lists
– Both lists are independently created at
considerable additional costs.
– Every update to the Assembly list needs to be
reflected in the Panchayat List.
– Discrepancies exist between the lists which
lead to incorrect Voter identification.
– Creating the Panchayat List is a manual process
and is error prone.
– No photo images in the PRI list
Advantages
• Reduced Cost of Maintenance
– Using the Parliamentary Electoral list reduces the total cost in
generating and maintaining the Panchayat Voter List
• Reliability of Data
– Maintaining a single Voter list allows for more Reliable data for
voter identification.
• Value Add features
– Value add Features like searching the Voters list for a specific
House Number or Voter ID is possible.
• Automated or On-Demand generation of Voters List.
– Specific List of Voters for a Single Ward or based on specific
criteria is possible.
Adding New Technology..
• Current Database in Microsoft Acess
• Using an SQL Server 2005 Database
– The Access Database can be imported into an SQL Server
Database to benefit from all the features available on SQL
Server.
• Benefits of SQL Server
– Better Performance - A single database can be hosted at one
site for a specific district or region. All people in the region
can access the application running against this single database.
– More Secure – SQL Server provides additional security
mechanisms to secure access to the data and also track
changes being made to the Database.
– Additional Features – Internet enabled reporting, scheduled
online or Email reports or Ad-Hoc reporting and a host of
Data Analytics and Business Intelligence features are
available.
– Any Data updation of commerce related activity like Excel
Sheet can be updated!!
Suggestion..
• Household as a unit and house numbering
of the census shall be the base of
electoral roll formation
• I-Card house numbering is match to census
house numbering
• Bio-metric thumb impression (Ready for
pilot on 5 booths, if permitted)(25 GB per
AC, will save staff TA/DA of 5Lacs/AC)
• The reverse production of Voter List i.e.
“Bottom to Top” from Panchayat to
Loksabha will be more viable option as it
get revised every year