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Recent Initiatives Chapter 9

Awareness activity for transgender voters in Madhya Pradesh There are now four qualifying dates every year to enroll as an elector

VOTER FACILITATION AND INCLUSIVITY cons tutes the touchstone of the SVEEP-4 Strategy
No fying the Third Gender in Form 6: (2022-25). The recently approved strategy aims to bring
about a recognisable enhancement in voters' turnout in
In a landmark judgement on April 15, 2014 the Hon'ble
Supreme Court recognised the legal iden ty of transgender the Eighteenth General Elec ons, 2024 through a)
community as 'third gender'. The Elec on Commission purifying electoral roll of every polling booth b) bridging
gender gap in enrollment and turnout c) ensuring
resolved to subs tute of op on of 'Others' in the gender
inclusion of all non-voters/marginalised sec ons through
column (Column 6) in Voter Registra on Form (Form 6)
with ‘Third Gender’. An amendment in the Registra on of targeted interven ons, technological solu ons and policy
Electors Rule, 1960 to the said effect was no fied by changes d) addressing urban and youth apathy in
Ministry of Law and Jus ce on September 16, 2016. electoral par cipa on and e) turning around all low
turnout cons tuencies and polling sta ons.
SVEEP enters Phase-IV:
Elec on Commission of India's flagship voter educa on The Strategy iden fies its core thema c areas as a)
and facilita on programme SVEEP (Systema c Voters' inclusive and accessible elec ons b) informed and ethical
Educa on and Electoral Par cipa on) has entered into its elec ons c) leveraging technology for elec ons and d)
fourth phase. The triad of voter, booth and evidence focus con nuous electoral and democracy educa on.

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