No early elections as final voter list will be published in Odisha on Jan 4, 2019!

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Bhubaneswar: Chances of early general elections is very slim as Chief Electoral Officer of Odisha Surendra Kumar on Monday informed that the final list of voters in the state will be published on January 4, 2019.

Addressing a press conference at his office this evening, Kumar said that the draft voter list will be out on September 1, 2018. People can file complaint till October 31 if they have any issues. Decision regarding their grievances will be taken by November 31 and the final voter list will be published on January 4, 2019.

The Chief Electoral Officer further informed that the Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) will be used for the first time in Odisha and the EVM (Electronic Voting Machine) will also to be used. The EVMs will be brought from six other states – Chhattisgarh, Assam, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh.

Special arrangements like ramps and wheel-chairs will also be made available for the ‘divyangs’.

Besides, we have asked the Chief Election Commissioner to appoint two Additional CEOs, two Deputy CEOs and one Joint CEO in the office of State Election Commissioner, Surendra Kumar said.

If Kumar’s statement is taken into consideration then it can be said the general elections to be held in 2019 and not 2018.

Nationwide it was speculated that the general elections would be held by the end of 2018. Most of the political parties had even expressed their willingness to go to poll early.

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