SVEEP(SYSTEMATIC VOTERS

EDUCATION AND ELECTORAL PARTICIPATION)

A Strong way to Strengthen the Democracy

INNOVATIONS

INVESTIGATIONS ILLUSTRATIONS

SVEEPIN

ADILABAD

INITIATIVES

Remote District Tribal dominated High percentage of forest growth i.e.44% Inaccessible areas Low voter enrollment Lack of awareness Low literacy percentage High Poverty Inaccessible polling stations

Adilabad District – Typical features :-

“The most distinguishing feature of winners is their intensity of purpose “

Core Committees Identification of gaps i.e. gender, age, urban – rural,

non included groups. KABBP of Voters (Knowledge, Attitude, Behavior, Belief

and Practices of Voters) Building up of Partnerships Multiple Voter facilitation centers Monitoring and Review Evaluation and documentation Innovations and Initiatives Propagation of National and State Icons Conduct of Festival of Democracy

SVEEP STRATEGY“with out strategy , execution is aimless,

without execution, strategy is useless”

Area : 16105 Sq.Km Population (2011 Census) : 27.41 Lakhs Electors

◦ Before Summary Revision :- 16.71 Lakhs◦ EP Ratio :- 609 : 1000◦ After Summary Revision and continuous updation :- 19.59

Lakhs◦ EP Ratio :- 714 : 1000◦ Projected Population (2014) :- 28.23 Lakhs◦ Present EP Ratio :- 693 : 1000◦ Total 14.7% of increase of Voters.

Gender Ratio increased from 971 to 997……………These sizable and tangible results are due to SVEEP

Activities in the district.

ELECTORAL POPULATION STATUS “your vote is your voice. Let us Cast it”.

SVEEP ACTIVITIES “the quality of life is determined by its activities”

Formation of Core Committees Situation Analysis

◦ Polling Station with low voter turnout

◦ Polling Station with High number of vulnerable sections

National Voters Day Opening of VRECs Elimination of Urban Apathy 18+ Age Group Enrollment EP Ratio Gender Ratio IEC Activities IMF Activities

Interpersonal Communication Collaborations Help Desks Competitions in Schools and

Colleges Human Chains and Kalajathas Ethical Voting Booth Level Volunteers Call Center and Control Room Icon Messages Electoral Offences Awareness Camps Awareness to Owners of the

factories Establishment of Model Polling

Stations at Mandal Headquarters

District Level, Constituency Level, Mandal Level Core Committees have been constituted with the involvement of officials, NGOs, Press, Literacy Agencies, NYKs,Federations of Self Help Groups, Coordinators of NSS, NCC, Scouts and guides, All India Radio

Conducting Meeting fortnightly and review the implementation of SVEEP Activities.

Allotment of Core Committee members to different villages for creating awareness

Core Committees “ the core of man’s spirit comes from new experiences “

After analysis of Previous Elections Vulnerability areas in the District were identified

Special Campaigns were organized at 10% low Polling booth areas to discuss with public.

Explained the value of Vote and motivate them to cast their vote at the time of elections.

Example :-

Identification of low voter turnout :“Vote is an antidote for a Despair”

Name of the Constituency Name of the vg/ Mandal

Name of the PS/ PS.No.

Voting turnout of Assembly Elections2009

Voting turnout of Assembly Elections2014

% increase

Sirpur - AC Kagaznagar 73 59.14 81.30 22.16%

All BLO Offices, Grampanchayat Offices, Tehsildar, MPDO, Municipal Offices & RDO Offices are Designated as VRECs.

Boards/ Flexis have been erected near BLO Offices, Tehsildar Offices, RDO Offices.

Keeping Forms 6,7,8,8A at VRECs. BLVs will go to Houses and Motivate the un – enrolled voters for

enrollment. The net % of increase of voters is 14.70%

Opening of VREC’s:-“The Roots of Education are Bitter, But the Fruit is Sweet”

Conducting meetings with Resident Welfare Associations, Urban Self Help Groups and Motivate them for enrollment.

Conducting Meetings in all the Urban bodies in order to promote more urban voter enrollment.

For Example Mancherial is a Urban Oriented Constituency where in the voters have been increased from 193976 to 238423, a net increase of 44447 is noticed.

Urban Apathy:-“Apathy is a Sort of Living Oblivion”

Selected 3 students from each college as Campus Ambassadors.

Selected 1 Lecturer from each college as Campus Nodal Officer.

Awareness Meetings conducted and Motivated the College Students.

18-19 Years age group enrollment is increased from 3.51% to 4.59%

18+ Age group Enrollment“Youth is the Trustee of Prosperity”

◦ Before Summary Revision :- 16.71 Lakhs◦ EP Ratio :- 609 : 1000◦ After Summary Revision and continuous updation :- 19.59

Lakhs◦ EP Ratio :- 714 : 1000◦ Projected Population (2014) :- 28.23 Lakhs◦ Present EP Ratio :- 693 : 1000◦ Total 14.7% of increase of Voters.

EP Ratio:-“A born Democrat is a born Disciplinarian”

Gender Ratio:-“In Democracy, its your vote that Counts. In Feudalism, its your Count that Votes”o Part wise Sex ratio report was analyzed for each Assembly constituency.oTo brought about improvement in sex ratio compaigns were organized in colleges to encourage Female Voters for enrolment.Gender Ratio has been increased from 971 to 997

Published posters & Displayed Flexies Slides in Cinema Theaters Scrolling During prime time in Local TV Channels like ACT, ACN, etc..

Scrolls. News items & Advertisement in Daily News Papers. Facilitated Helpline and Send bulk SMS to all Network Mobiles. No.of Posters Printed : 50000 Pamphlets Printed : 9 Lakhs Flexies Printed : 856 Sankalpa patras : 1 Lakh Icon Messages : 12000 Kalajathas : 2 teams for each mandal

IEC Activites:-“Information is the currency of Democracy”

Arranged Democracy Tableau buses to cover all constituencies in Adilabad District.

Keeping Forms 6,7,8,8A with Tableau. Facilitated online Registration at Tableau buses Tehsildars arranged publicity Vehicles at Constituency Level. Democracy Buses : 10 Vehicles City Cable Scrolls : 10 Constituencies Common Service Centers : 34 All India Radio Interviews : 1 Special Camps during Sandy days in tribal areas : 32 State Icons : Saina Nehwal, VVS Laxman Door Stickers : 2 Lakhs

IMF Activities:-“Democracy is the Road to Socialism”

Letters Drafted by DEO & EROs to all College Principals for conducting pledge and Motivation Classes.

Students enthusiastically Participated in Pledge and Motivation Classes and expressed their views...

No.of Pledge letters printed : 9 Lakhs No.of Pamphlets : 9 Lakhs Sankalpa Patras : 1 Lakh Total no.of Educational Institutions participated : 120 Conducted pledge with 8 Lakh Card holders while distributing Essential

Commodities at Each FP Shop. Conducted Pledge with 10th Class/ intermediate Students total (100000)

students participated.

Inter Personal Communication:-“Loyalty is the Pledge of Truth to Oneself and Others”

Media Partners (Enadu & Hindu) NYK NCC, NSS NLMA, NGOs Adult Education Coordinators Banks (250 Branches) Private Media (Namaste Telangana & Enadu) Industries and Factories

Collaborations “competition makes us faster, Collaboration makes us better”

Arranged Helpdesks at Shopping Malls & Cinema Theatres to cover majority of public

Keeping Forms 6,7,8,8A with Help Desks Facilitated Online Registration at Help Desks.

Help Desks:-

“Ballot is Stronger than Bullet”

Competitions “Victory does not exist without CONFLICT, COMPETITION & CHALLENGES”

Letters Drafted by DEO & EROs to All College Principals for conducting Essay Writing and Elocution at College and School Level.

Conducted both Essay Writing and Elocution with the Topics Democracy and the value of Vote.

Prizes distributed to the Winners. Number of Educational institutions participated in the events : 120

Human chains formed at main roads in the Constituency Headquarters.

Students/ NSS & NCC Volunteers/ Public involved in this Program. Motivated the Un-Enrolled Voters Played Skits & Kalajathas on the roads about the value of Vote. Rallies Conducted : 64 Runs Conducted : 52 Human chains : 52 Kalajatha Teams : (2) each mandal per a day 104 kalajata folk arts

were exhibited.

Human Chains and Kalajatha :- “Fine art is Knowledge made visible”

Tablueas indicating Ethical Voting Flexies indicating sec.171(b) of IPC, Sec. 123 of R.P Act. Constitution of Village Level Awareness Groups/ Ward Level

Awareness Groups Conducting Rallies through VAG/WAG Total VAG/WAG members 6786 Kalajathas concentrating on Ethical Voting. Posters indicating Electoral Offences under different Sections of

R.P Act and IPC. Seizure of Cash : 1.8 Crores Seizure of Liquor : 60000 Ltrs. Large no.of Paid news cases

Ethical Voting :- “ without ethical culture, there is no salvation for humanity”

Launched “know your BLO program”. Appointed NSS/NCC Cadets as Booth Level

Volunteers Booth Level Volunteers conducted campaign

at Door to Door level to motivate Un-enrolled Voters.

Booth Level Volunteers (NCC/NSS) extended their services at BLO Offices on special campaign days.

Booth Level Volunteers :- “Volunteers are not Paid, Not because they are Worthless, but because they are priceless”

The Complaint Monitoring Control Room & Call Centre has been established at Collectorate under the direct supervision of Joint Collector (Nodal Officer)

Three BSNL landline telephone connections with IVRS System with a Tollfree number 1800-425-1939 has been installed in the call center.

No.of Complaints received : 513 No.of Complaints dispossed off : 513 No.of Complaints found true : 398 A Help line number 1950 is provided for know your PS.

Call Center & Control Room “laws control the lesserman,

right conduct controls the greater one”

National Icons/ State Icon posters have been prepared and pasted at prominent places.

12000 State Icon message Posters have been printed at each polling station in all the constituencies.

State Icon : VVS Laxman, Saina Nehwal National Icons : Abdul Kalam, MS Dhoni.

Icon Messages :- “ only god can turn a mess into message, A test in to a testimony A trial in to a triumph , A victim in to a victory”

Electoral Offences Posters have been printed and pasted in all the gram panchayats.

Different sections like ◦ Sec. 8, 10, 11, 123,125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 131,

132, 133, 134, 134A, 134B, 135, 135A, 135B, 135C, 136 of R.P. Act,

◦ Sec. 3(i)(vii) of SC/ST (POA) Act.,◦ Sec. 171 b, 171c, 171d 171e, 171f, 171g, 171h, Sec.

153a, 153b, 188, 332, 333, 353, of IPC and Sec. 7A, 8B of AP Prohibition Act and scale of punishment also have been incorporated in the posters.

Electoral Offences :- “ the best defence is a good offence”

Conducted Rallies, Human chains Conducted Vehicle Rallies NVD Tableaus NVD T-shirts and Caps Conducted Mandal Level/ Constituency Level, District Level

Competitions Conducted Pledge with all the Participants on the Nation

Voters Day Installed NVD Balloons

National Voters’ Day “if you don’t vote, you loose the right to complain”

Awareness Camps  

“ the first step towards change is awareness, The second step is acceptance”

All the Awareness Camps have been conducted between 5th April, 2014 to 30th April 2014.

Electronic Voting Machines How to Vote Caller tunes Helpline numbers Postal Ballots EPICs NOTA ( None of the Above) Date & Time of Poll Establishment of Model Polling

Stations indicating the duties of polling Officers

Voter Identification Documents Photo Voter Slips Basic Minimum Facilities Ethical Voting MCMC

Unusual forms of voting like Challenged Vote, Tendered Vote, Blind and infirm voting, SPG Protective Voting, Cancel for violation of Voting Procedure and etc.

Awareness to owners of the Factories :- Every Private/ Non Government Societies shall grant a paid holiday to every employee of their society on the Date of Poll if not the owner of that Factory shall be punishable under the section 135-B of Representation of People Act, 1951 and impose penalty Rs. 500/-.

Two News Paper Advertisements have been given in all the news papers on the day of poll and day before the poll day.

Door to Door information to the voters on Polling Day

Meetings/ Work shops with the political Parties/ Candidates.

Display of Voters list physically on the walls of the Polling Stations.

Model Polling stations have been prepared in all the Mandal Headquarters.

The following facilities have been provided in all the Model Polling stations◦ Enough Space for Voters for wait outside the PS◦ Separate waiting queues for Men and Women◦ Separate Entry and Exit for voters◦ Easy flow of voters from time they enter in to the PS and for the time the

leave PS.◦ Webcasting facility◦ Water◦ Electricity◦ Ramps◦ Internet◦ Cradle◦ Seating arrangement of the Polling Officers.◦ Shadow

Model Polling Station “ each person must live his life as model for others”

Thanks………………..

VOTEV = VALUABLE

O= OPTION

T = TUNES

E = EVERYTHING