Ernakulam: District Collector K Mohammed Y Safirulla. IAS, inaugurated the National Voters' Day celebrations at Maharaja’s College on Friday. This year's voter’s day is more significant as it comes a few months ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. Aptly, the theme for this year's event was "No Voter to be left behind."

National Voters' Day has been observed since 2011 on January 25, the foundation day of the Election Commission of India, in a bid to increase the participation of citizens in the electoral process by encouraging, facilitating and maximising the enrolment, especially for new voters. The Commission aims to increase the enrolment of voters, especially the eligible ones.

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Safirulla, while interacting with the students briefed about the history of the voting system in India. He reminded the students that in the district lowest percentage of polling is recorded in the urban areas. The collector opined that even though people are well educated there is reluctance to take part in the election process. He urged the students to make use of their right to vote and be responsible citizens of the country.

At the event, Safirulla inaugurated the distribution of electoral identity cards by giving an Elector Photo Identity Card to a new voter from the college. Students also took the voter's day oath.

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At the district-level function, the Commission made arrangements to enable students to explore the Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machine so that they can understand the latest developments in voting better.

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