Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra

    Asian Electoral Stakeholders’ Forum IV (AESF –IV) was held on 27th and 28th August, 2018 at Colombo, Sri Lanka to discuss the state of election and democracy in Asia. The event was organized by Election Commission of Sri Lanka and Asian Network for Free Elections. The theme of the conference was ‘Advancing Election transparency and integrity promoting and defending democracy together’. It was attended by 250 delegates from 45 countries. The Chief Electoral Officer of Maharashtra, Shri. Ashwani Kumar made a presentation on ‘Widening the space for participation of Indigenous People (Best Practices)’ in the conference.

    A 2-day interactive training programme was organized for all the Dy. DEOs who are District Level MasterTrainers (DLMTs) and some EROs (Electoral Registration Officers) from the 36 districts of Maharashtra on 4th and 5th September, 2018 at YASHADA, Pune. Practical demonstration of the activities mentioned in the ELC resource guide was provided to help DLMTs understand the approach and methodology of conducting training in ELCs for new and future voters. The DLMTs in turn will train the nodal officers of the established ELCs.

    A workshop was organized for all the Collectors and Dy. DEOs of all the 36 districts of Maharashtraregarding first level checking of EVM/VVPATs on 6th September, 2018 at YASHADA, Pune. Hands-on training of EVMs & VVPATs were conducted under the professional guidance of technical team from BEL.