Introduction :
The Office of the Chief Electoral Officer is directly under the superintendence,
direction and control of the Election Commission of India, New Delhi. The main functions are to prepare and keep upto date Electoral rolls and conduct of elections to the Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and Legislative Assembly of the State. The State has three elected Representatives in the Parliament, two in Lok Sabha and one in Rajya Sabha. The Legislative Assembly has a strength of forty members.
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Function and duties carried out by the Department
As per the directives from the Election Commission of India, the programme of the Special Summary Revision of Photo Electoral Roll is scheduled every year for accepting claims and objections for inclusion of names or objection or correction to the particulars in the entries in electoral rolls and for registering new electors who have attained the age of 18 years of age as per qualifying date.
As per the instructions of Election Commission of India, National Voters Day is celebrated as “National Voters Day” on 25th January every year in order to make awareness about registration of Voters in the voters list and induce them to participate in the democratic process of elections. The above function is organised at booth level, district level and State level. In this function, the Electors’ Photo Identity Cards are ceremonially distributed to the young voters who have completed 18 years of age and also prizes are distributed to the winners of several competitions organized to mark National Voters Day. The State Level National voters day function is held in the presence of Hon’ble Governor of Goa.
