35,500 polling centers finalized for JS polls
- By Super Admin
- Published Thursday 27th 2008
The Election Commission has sent a list of some 35
thousands polling centre to the Bangladesh Government (BG)
press and it hopes that the BG press would be able to
prepare a list of voting centers and voters' list
constituency wise within a week, according to EC sources.
"We have sent a list of 35 thousand polling centre to BG press and it will complete the printing work within a week. Earlier, in the country, the total voting centers were 29,988. As the balloting centers have been increased this year, so the number of election employees would be increased," the sources said adding this year, the EC is weighing appointing more 1,20,000 employees to conduct the upcoming polls compared to that of last election, the EC sources said.
The sources further said the EC is set
to start the task
of printing ballot papers for the next parliamentary
election after finalisation of candidature on December 11.
The EC has also prepared a special budget for the members of different law enforcing agencies who will be engaged in maintaining law and orders situations during and before polls. Besides, it has already taken all preliminary preparations for holding the polls in a peaceful manner.
This is first time in Bangladesh that the EC will use pens in lieu of irremovable ink in the voting centers. The commission has already started the process of buying those items and it has estimated a budget of Tk 90 crore and requested the finance ministry for allocating this sum of money.
The commission would hike the allowance of assigned assistant presiding officers to Tk 700 from Tk 300, the sources said, adding that and the commission also might increase the payment of all employees who will be involved in conducting the elections.
Source: The Bangladesh Today
"We have sent a list of 35 thousand polling centre to BG press and it will complete the printing work within a week. Earlier, in the country, the total voting centers were 29,988. As the balloting centers have been increased this year, so the number of election employees would be increased," the sources said adding this year, the EC is weighing appointing more 1,20,000 employees to conduct the upcoming polls compared to that of last election, the EC sources said.
The sources further said the EC is set
The EC has also prepared a special budget for the members of different law enforcing agencies who will be engaged in maintaining law and orders situations during and before polls. Besides, it has already taken all preliminary preparations for holding the polls in a peaceful manner.
This is first time in Bangladesh that the EC will use pens in lieu of irremovable ink in the voting centers. The commission has already started the process of buying those items and it has estimated a budget of Tk 90 crore and requested the finance ministry for allocating this sum of money.
The commission would hike the allowance of assigned assistant presiding officers to Tk 700 from Tk 300, the sources said, adding that and the commission also might increase the payment of all employees who will be involved in conducting the elections.
Source: The Bangladesh Today
