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Officials' carelessness may reduce city's voter turnout

<p>Days before polls, many voters in Pune district have received voting slips with errors in names and addresses; some have been assigned a polling booth in a different constituency. Experts say voters could get discouraged by all the hassle of having to prove their identities and refrain from voting altogether</p>

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Slip-up: The Methekars of Hadapsar hold up their voting slips which mention their address incorrectly. Pic/Mohan Patil

Slip-up: The Methekars of Hadapsar hold up their voting slips which mention their address incorrectly. Pic/Mohan Patil

It seems the district administration is lax about the details on voting lists with correct names and addresses to citizens who had registered during the special voter registration drives conducted in the city in the last few months.

Slip-up: The Methekars of Hadapsar hold up their voting slips which mention their address incorrectly. Pic/Mohan Patil
Slip-up: The Methekars of Hadapsar hold up their voting slips which mention their address incorrectly. Pic/Mohan Patil 

Several voters have complained that despite government officials on election duty coming to their houses and verifying details like names and addresses, there are several mistakes in the voting slips.

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