People queue up outside District Election Office as Nepal gears up for elections

Updated:4 years, 5 months ago

Kathmandu (Nepal), Jan 07 (ANI): Serpentine lines were seen at the entrance of the District Election Office in Kathmandu with to-be-registered voters filling up the application forms. The arriving deadline of previously elected local level representatives along with the increased numbers of members of the House of Representatives (HoR) has evoked enthusiasm for elections amongst people. Halted on for a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic and announcement of snap elections by the earlier government under Prime Ministership of KP Sharma Oli, voter registration campaign resumed lately from November last year. Targeting temporary residents of Kathmandu Valley, the latest election campaign is scheduled to run till the mid of this month and it enables citizens above 18 years to register themselves in the voter list. On average 900 eligible voters who haven't signed up to exercise the franchise have been queuing outside the election office of Kathmandu. As per Section 4 of the Act on Voters' Registration-2017, new voters can't be registered once the dates for elections are announced.

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