According to Election Commissioner Sagun Shamsher Jabra, the deadline for registering names in the voter list has been extended until November 20. The commission had given time until November 30.
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The Election Commission has extended the deadline by five days due to the increasing pressure to register names in the voter list. Prime Minister Sushila Karki had requested the Commission to extend the deadline.
According to Election Commissioner Sagun Shamsher Jabra, the time to register names in the voter list has been extended until November 20. The commission had given time until November 30.
Prime Minister Karki telephoned Acting Chief Election Commissioner Ram Prasad Bhandari on Friday and asked him to extend the time due to the increased pressure. With only two days left, the pressure increased and the commission's server started going down repeatedly, leading to complaints from those who wanted to register their names. The pressure has increased further after the link of the voter ID card was linked to the national identity card data on Prime Minister Karki's initiative.
The hassle of having to go to the election office to provide biometric data for the voter list has been eliminated from Thursday. When filling out the online form from the commission's website to register your name in the voter list, after entering the national identity card number, personal details will also come and the biometric data will also come from there, which has reduced the hassle. After the experiment was technically successful, the commission on Thursday called for online applications for the voter list by providing the national identity card number.
