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EC launches special drive to enroll left out electors from 1st July

Election Commission is launching a special drive to enroll left out electors, with a special focus on first time electors from 1st July.<br/><br/>In order to reach out to maximum eligible voters, the EC is collaborating with Facebook to launch first nationwide "Voter Registration Reminder" on the first of next month.<br/><br/>With over 180 million people of the country on Facebook, the 'Register Now' button is designed to encourage citizens to register themselves with the Commission.<br/><br/>A notification of the "voter registration reminder" will be sent to people on Facebook who are eligible to vote. The reminder will be sent out in 13 languages.<br/><br/>These languages are English, Hindi, Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Punjabi, Bengali, Urdu, Assamese, Marathi and Oriya.<br/><br/>Our correspondent reports this is the first time Facebook's voter registration reminder has been rolled out across India. In 2016 and 2017, Chief Electoral Officers made such efforts at state level during their state elections.

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