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BSS, Natore

Work for voter list with photographs and national ID cards is all set to begin in Natore on Nov 4 for which appointment of people and their training has begun.

District election commission sources said work for collection of data on voters from households will begin on Nov 4 while taking of photographs and data entry work will begin on Nov 11.

The process for appointment of 84 assistant registration officers, 925 supervisors and 3833 information collectors have been completed. Their training under the supervision of the district election office will be held from Oct 31 and continue till Nov 2.

The appointment of data entry operators under the supervision of the army, administration, directorate of youth development and district election commission was scheduled to be completed by Saturday.

A rally under the arrangement of the district administration and the municipality to make people aware of the voter registration would be held in the town on Nov 1, election commission sources said.

The information gathered from households by the supervisors will be sorted out on Nov 10. Under supervision of the army, data entry and taking of photographs will be held in at least 500 spots in the six upazilas of the district.

The people, who had been left out of the electoral roll, would be able to register themselves as voters during the period. The work for preparation of voter list and national ID cards is expected to be completed by May 31 next year, the sources said.