The Election Commission began updating voter list in the capital yesterday. But as most officials were not enthusiastic and supervisors absent, work went on at a snail’s pace.
Gulshan Thana Election Officer ARM Deluarul Haque told the Dhaka Tribune that an official was being paid Tk20 for updating the information of one voter, which is too low. Moreover, most supervisors are schoolteachers, who could not work during office hours. Delwar also said updating the voter list would continue till September 10.
To speed things up, they were trying to make people aware using loud speakers, announcement at mosques, temples, churches, etc.
The Election Commission will begin taking photographs of new voters from September 18.