First time, Facebook's voter registration reminder has been rolled out across India

GUWAHATI: From next month, Facebook will remind eligible Indian voters to get themselves enrolled as the Election Commission of India has teamed up with the social media giant to push its "No Voter To Be left Behind" moto.

Facebook has over 180 million people in India on Facebook, which will now have the 'Register Now' button designed to encourage Indian citizens to register themselves with the Election Commission of India. By clicking on the "Register Now" button on Facebook, people will be directed to the National Voters' Services Portal (www.nvsp.in), which will guide them through the registration process.

 An official statement said that ECI is launching a 'Special Drive' to enrol left out electors, with a special focus on first time electors from 1st July, 2017, so as to move in the direction of Commission's motto that 'NO VOTER TO BE LEFT BEHIND'.

"In order to reach out to maximum eligible voters, the ECI is collaborating with Facebook to launch first Nationwide "Voter Registration Reminder" on 1st July, 2017,"the statement adds.

On 1st July, a notification of the "voter registration reminder" will be sent to people on Facebook in India who are eligible to vote. The reminder will be sent out in 13 Indian languages - English, Hindi, Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Punjabi, Bengali, Urdu, Assamese, Marathi and Oriya.

This is the first time Facebook's voter registration reminder has been rolled out across India. In 2016 and 2017, Chief Electoral Officers made such efforts at state level during their respective state elections.