Field survey, data collection to conduct for accuracy of voter list
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Hsu / Phoo Pyae (NP News) - Dec 21
The door-to-door data collection will be conducted in States and Regions for 23 days between January 9 to January 31 to attain accurate voter lists for the upcoming #2023_election.
During the program, the responsible personnel from the administrative brunches, departmental personnel and other social organizations will be involved.
During the opening ceremony of State and Region Level Field survey TOT training for the Voter List, Taningtharyi Region Chief Minister Myat Ko said “Compiling a systematic voter list is an instrumental phase to be able to transfer state power to people. Therefore, for the upcoming General Election, there are three critical phases and compiling a validated and systematic voter list according to field survey is the first step.”
“For the trainers, they need to understand how to systematically and accurately conduct data collection from field surveys and how to systematically modify, add and cancel the data into the list in addition to collecting data on five disabled groups (special privileged/ crossing cutting issues). He also added that it is also important to advocate for people to cooperate in compiling and validating the voter list and it is critical to learn how to solve and handle and coordinate the potential difficulties and challenges that might encounter while conducting the field survey,” he added.
Currently, the data from (66/6) Household Registration Forms are being digitalized and entered into e-ID software and the household data can be accessed or printed out by the field survey team before they conduct the survey with it.
For Union Election Commission, the preparation of a validated and systematic #voter_list has been started since 2021 August.
The field survey and data modification, it was started in 2022 from February to May. Using the Initial Voter List Scrutinizer Software-IVLS, the collected data were entered from June to August 2022.
The validated lists are being counter-checked by the General Administrative Department and the Department of Immigration and Man Power every month.
The State Administration Council announced that the upcoming General Election is targeted to be held in 2023 August.