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Press evaluation:
Background:

EC begins verification of new electoral roll (rep 16/04/2012)

Panel to look into NRN voting rights (kp 16/04/2012), , NRNs may get to cast ballot from abroad (ht 16/04/2012)

EC to set up new centre: Aims to provide info on election process (ht 14/04/2012)

Election Commission to publish voters’ list: To allow 14 days to report errors, omissions (ht 13/04/2012)

EC gears up to regulate parties' funds, by Gani Ansari (rep 11/04/2012)

Only 50% of registered voters obtain voter ID card, by Siddha Raj Rai (rep 10/04/2012)

Poll-itically correct: The quality of democracy in Nepal will depend on serious electoral reform, by Rubeena Mahato (nt 06/04/2012)

Are we ready for e-voting? Electronic election will not necessarily be free and fair unless there is political integrity, by Bibek Paudel (nt 06/04/2012)

EC to make field visits to verify electoral roll, by Gani Ansari (rep 15/03/2012)

7-day EC ultimatum to CA polls candidates, by Gani Ansari (rep 15/02/2012)

Undisclosed sources funding parties: EC, by Gani Ansari (rep 13/02/2012), EC asked to act tough on defaulting parties, by Bhadra Sharma (kp 16/02/2012)

EC to probe parties' finances, by Gani Ansari (rep 26/01/2012)

House panel directs govt to hold local elections, by Gani Ansari (rep 20/01/2012)

78 parties yet to submit audit report to Election Commission (rep 11/01/2012)

EC prepared for local elections: Uprety, by Bhadra Sharma (kp 11/01/2012)

An Undertaking For Free, Fair Polls (rn 09/01/2012), EC registers 12m voters (kp 09/01/2012), EC registers 10.06 m voters for electronic ID cards (nn 11/01/2012)

About 9.6m registered in new voter list, by Bimal Gautam (rep 23/10/2011)

Nepal’s Election Commission among world’s best five (nn 27/08/2011)

New voter roll completed in 67 districts, 9.44 m registered, by Bimal Gautam (rep 21/08/2011)

Missing voters: Election Commission’s registration drive yields low results (kp 20/07/2011)

Digital voter registration: Target unlikely to be met: Carter Center (kp 08/07/2011), Call to register more voters (ht 08/07/2011), Govt in fix as listing slumps, by Bhadra Sharma (kp 17/07/2011)

Parties laud voter registration, vow full support (rep 15/06/2011), EC to register voters away from native places (kp 15/06/2011)

EC drive hits rough patch (ht 07/06/2011)

Voter registration ordeal for shy rural women, by Upendra Lamichhane (rep 05/06/2011)

4.5m voters covered so far: EC (rep 17/05/2011)

EC halts voter ID updation in the east, by Ratna Prasad Acharya (ht 16/05/2011), EC says voter registration not halted (kp 17/05/2011)

Citizenship-seekers flood admin office (kp 05/05/2011)

3.1m register for biometric voter ID (rep 03/05/2011), Voters’ enrolment: Nation’s diaspora to be bonafide voters, by Bhadra Sharma (kp 03/05/2011)

UDMF threatens to obstruct EC data collection from May 1 (nn 26/04/2011), Madhesi Front demands halt to voter registration, by Bimal Gautam (rep 27/04/2011), Irresponsible Madhesi Front (rep 27/04/2011)

Towards digital voting: The Election commission’s voter registration campaign aims to institutionalise free and fair elections, by Bhadra Sharma (kp 16/04/2011), Extend deadline: Carter Center (kp 20/04/2011)

EC to reform poll laws (kp 08/04/2011)

Voter registration to begin in all districts, by Bimal Gautam (rep 20/03/2011), Voter registration starts nationwide (kp 31/03/2011) [How shall this work correctly without the data of a new census??], Voter registration in full swing, by Bimal Gautam (rep 04/04/2011), Madhesi parties warn of stir (kp 07/04/2011)

Appeal to support voters’ list updation (ht 11/02/2011)

Citizenship sole basis, rules SC, by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (kp 08/02/2011), Citizenship must
for voter ID: SC
, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht 08/02/2011), Irrefutable verdict (ht 09/02/2011), End of voter registration row (rep 09/02/2011)

Chakka jam against voters’ list updation: EC claims a smooth going (ht 04/02/2011)

Number of voters in new electoral roll with photographs and fingerprints reduces by 40 percent (nn 26/01/2011)

Clearing the air: When the constitution is ready and elections imminent, there may be no time to properly prepare the voters’ roll, by Madhu P. Regmi (kp 21/01/2011)

Phase II voter name list project starts on Jan 25, by Ishwar Rauniyar (kp 18/01/2011)

Election Commissioner’s book peeks into polls cost (kp 10/12/2010)

Citizenship Must For New Voters’ List, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn 08/12/2010)

PIL against voter ID decision (ht 23/11/2010), Second writ against EC decision to issue voter card without citizenship (nn 23/11/2010), SC stays EC decision to issue voter cards without citizenship certificate (nn 25/11/2010), Apex court blow to EC: Citizenship the only basis, says SC (kp 26/11/2010), SC stay on giving voter ID without citizenship (ht 26/11/2010), TMLP, Sadbhawana ministers challenge SC stay order on voter ID (nn 26/11/2010), Ministers vow to flout SC ruling (ht 27/11/2010), SC ruling on voter IDs draws flak (ht 29/11/2010)

Citizenship certificate not mandatory for obtaining voter ID cards: EC (nn 03/11/2010), Other govt documents will work well, says EC, by Ishwar Rauniyar (kp 04/11/2010), CPN (Masal) terms EC's decision as 'anti-nationalist' step (nn 04/11/2010), Parties oppose decision (kp 04/11/2010), EC decision riles fringe parties (ht 05/11/2010), Very concerned (ht 05/11/2010), Fringe parties glare at new EC provision (kp 09/11/2010), EC taken to court for ‘volte face’ (kp 15/11/2010), KC says EC decision ‘anti-national’ (ht 17/11/2010)

Limbuwan issues voter ID warning (kp 26/10/2010), Limbuwan banda affects east (kp 27/10/2010), EC sends talks invite (kp 27/10/2010), Nine districts shut to protest voters’ list update: Limbuwant Parishad says EC bid will bar many from exercising their franchise (ht 27/10/2010), Voter-ID row continues (kp 28/10/2010), Limbuwan cadres held for capturing documents from EC officials (nn 01/11/2010)

Voter identity card: Will it deprive millions of voting rights?, by Birendra P. Mishra (ht 08/10/2010), Voter list row near solution; Madhes parties mellow, by Ishwar Rauniyar (kp 10/10/2010), Voter deal yet to get final nod (kp 11/10/2010)

Limbuwan outfit hinders EC campaign Police not in the know (ht 01/10/2010)

Voter ID cards with photo by mid July: EC (ht 13/09/2010), EC starts profiling eligible voters for computerized ID cards (nn 13/09/2010), Digital voter registration starts (kp 14/09/2010), Tarai bemoans criterion: Madhesi parties are protesting the plan to issue voter-ID on the basis of citizenship certificate, by Ishwar Rauniyar (kp 25/09/2010), Madhesi parties get talks invite (kp 26/09/2010), Election commission faces challenges in updating voters list (nn 26/09/2010), EC sends SOS on voter ID card plan (kp 28/09/2010), Voter card drive won't stop: EC (nn 28/09/2010), PM asks acting CEC to elaborate stance: Citizenship is the only basis, says EC, by Kamal Raj Sigdel (kp 29/09/2010), Madhes parties vote against election office (ht 29/09/2010), EC drive in rough weather (ht 30/09/2010), Madhes parties a thorn in EC flesh, by Ishwar Rauniyar (kp 02/10/2010), PIL against voter card initiative (ht 04/10/2010), Citizenship is the strongest basis for identifying Nepalis, interview with Nilkantha Uprety (kp 04/10/2010), Apex court summons EC, commissioners on voter ID (ht 05/10/2010)

Digital voter list on horizon (kp 15/08/2010)

EC compiling voters’ registry (rn 20/05/2010)

CIAA, parties posing hurdles for EC: CEC (ht 14/05/2010)

Voters’ list ready, ID cards in final stage: EC (ht 13/05/2010) [Elections are not necessary as long as the new constitution is not finished!!]

Voter-list with photo, fingerprints in offing, by Ishwar Rauniyar (kp 22/04/2010)

UK aid for digital voter register (ht 30/03/2010)

Who voted for you: A nationwide opinion poll reveals a vivid picture of the support base of the Maoists, by Sudhindra Sharma and Bal Krishna Khadka (kp 15/03/2010)

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