JAMMU: The dates for updating the Panchayat Electoral Roll in the UT of Jammu and Kashmir for 2024 have been announced by the State Election Commission (SEC). The Commission’s revision schedule states that the draft Panchayat Electoral Roll will be published beginning on January 15, 2024. Additionally, January 1st, 2024 has been retained as the qualifying date for those individuals who have reached the age of 18 and are now qualified to have their names registered in the Panchayat Electoral Roll of 2024. In a similar vein, claims and objections for additions, deletions, corrections, and transpositions must be submitted between January 15 and February 5, 2024. The Election Registration Officer (ERO) will handle claims and objections on February 16, 2024, and the final publishing of the Electoral Roll 2024 will take place on February 26. The schedule also states that special camps would be organised where polling booths are located. On January 27–28 and February 3–4, 2024, the Panchayat Election Booth Officials (PEBO), which are made up of Village Level Workers (VLWs), Multi Purpose Workers (MPWs), and Gramme Rozgar Sevak (GRS), will be on hand to assist voters with the necessary paperwork and the Panchayat Roll.
