Mysuru: Crickter Javagal Srinath, and specially-abled National sportsperson Mahendra have been appointed as an icon of election campaign to increase the voter turnout and create awareness, said DC Rajendra K. V.
A candle light jatha will be conducted by youth voters at the district level. DC, City Corporation Commissioner, City Police Commissioner, and ZP CEO will be present in this jatha. BLO and teams will visit polling booths with low turnout at the District level and will visit houses to increase the percentage of voting and create voting awareness. A total of 41 school art teachers have been identified in the District and polling stations are being attracted through them. Our aim is to get transgender people registered in the voter list, he said.
He added that in the programme awareness about voting and the oath of voting should be given. Students and parents in the hostels should be encouraged to vote by mail, digital awareness at railway stations, bus stations, and garbage collection vehicles. In all, 97 special polling booths have been selected in the District, out of which 55 Sakhi booths, 11 PWD booths, 11 youth voter booths, 1- theme base booth, and 10 ethnic booths have been identified, he said.
DC Rajendra said that on the day of polling in the ethnic booth, the polling officer and the staff would dress up in tribal dress and sing tribal songs to attract the voters.
