3 Days To HoR Elections: Voter Education Completed Across The Country

Kathmandu, March 2: Voter education program conducted by the Election Commission across the country with the objective of informing about the importance of elections and the voting process and reducing invalid votes has been completed.

The Commission had conducted the voter education program in all 6,743 wards across the country. The voter education program which began on February 15 was completed on Sunday in all wards of 753 local levels across the country. Voter education volunteers were mobilized in every ward for the voter education program.

Election Commissioner Dr Janaki Kumari Tuladhar said that the program was completed through volunteers reaching out to voters in their doorsteps. She also praised the contribution of female community health volunteers, who made the targeted program successful.

Health volunteers have been given the responsibility to provide voter education since the 2079 BS general elections.

For the purpose of the voter education program, the commission had also appointed the focal points at the local level, who served as monitors of the election voter education program and conducted orientation.