New Delhi Nov 17 PTI Delhi Chief Electoral Officer Ranbir Singh on Wednesday directed all district election officers DEOs to speed up the process of enrolling young electors in the 18-19 and 20-29 age brackets to address the issue of their under-representation in the electoral roll officials saidDistrict magistrates or district election officers of all 11 districts on Wednesday met the CEO at his office here the officials saidThe CEO directed them to speed up the process of enrolling young electors according to a statement issued by the CEO OfficeSingh held a review meeting of all DEOs on the progress of Special Summary Revision SSR -2022 which started from November 1He directed all DEOs to boost up enrolment of young voters and monitor SSR activities on a daily basisSingh also asked about the measures to be taken to improve gender ratio in electoral rollsThe Office of the CEO has already taken all necessary steps to spread awareness via various platforms of media during the ongoing exercise to motivate young electors to enrol as voters so that no voter is left behind he saidHe emphasized that deletion of deceased and permanently shifted voters needs to be carried by following due procedure to improve the purity and accuracy of the voter listThe Delhi CEO also directed the DEOs to understand and address any difficulties being faced by citizens of Delhi regarding their enrolment and said it must be ensured that they are duly assistedPersons with disability be similarly facilitated to enrol as voters and also get marked as PwD Voters in the electoral rolls for availing various accessibility services during election he addedHe called upon all DEOs to exercise due sensitivity and empathy towards all marginalised sections of citizens and assist them in getting enrolled as voters through special campsSingh directed that during the ongoing SSR all duplicate or multiple entries be removedHe exhorted all DEOs to fully achieve the objectives of the SSR as laid down by the Election Commission of India by mobilising the electoral machinery as well as the left out voters of all categoriesThe SSR should be used as an opportunity to make the electoral rolls of all assembly constituencies inclusive and error-free Singh saidThe DelhiCEOOffice will hold special camps on November 27 and 28 across all polling stations in the city to facilitate enrolment of voters as part of the special summary revision SSR exercise officials said on TuesdayAs per the draft roll published on November 1 2021 the total number of electors stand at 14795949 according to data shared by theCEOOfficeThere is a decrease in the number of both male and female voters in the draft roll vis-a-vis the one published on January 15 according to data shared by the DelhiCEO The number of male female and third gender electors are 8088031 6706570 and 948 respectively according to the latest draft rollDelhis last electoralrollwas published in January 2021 according to which thetotal number of eligiblevotersin the city had then stood at over 148 crore PTIKND IJT