Within days of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar taking over as the head of the poll panel, the Election Commission of India (ECI) today announced that it has scheduled a two-day conference of Chief Electoral Officers (CEOs) of States and Union Territories (UTs) beginning March 4 in New Delhi.
A statement from the ECI said the event will take place at the India International Institute of Democracy and Election Management, where for the first time the CEOs have been directed to nominate a DEO and an ERO to take part in the conference.
As per the election laws, the CEOs, DEOs and EROs are important functionaries at the State, District and Assembly Constituency levels during polls and they will get an opportunity to brainstorm and mutually learn from each other’s experiences.
On day one of the conference, participants will discuss key areas of modern election management including IT Architecture, Effective Communication, enhancing social media outreach and statutory role of different functionaries in the electoral processes. On the second day, CEOs of States/UTs will present their respective action plan on thematic discussions of the previous day.
