EC to update Dhaka’s voter list from June 23
Election Commission (EC) enumerators will start door-to-door visits from June 23 to update the voter list of Dhaka dwellers.
“Enumerators will visit homes till July 14,” Faisal Quader, election officer of Dhaka district, told The Daily Star.
Any citizen born on or before January 1, 2001 is eligible to get enlisted as a voter.
EC officials said data of citizens who were born on or before January 1, 2002, 2003 and 2004 would also be collected and they would gradually be included in the electoral roll after reaching the age of 18.
Transgender people will be able to register their names by identifying themselves as Hijra.
A draft of the updated voter list will be published on January 2 next year.
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