Mangaluru (TNN): The SVEEP committee of Dakshina Kannada district is leaving no stone unturned to reach out to over 17.5 lakh voters and ensure that all have ink on their fingers on May 10.

For this, the committee has decided to reach out to at least two lakh voters through various social media platforms. Information regarding Voter Helpline to register for voting, campaigns to attract more voters to the polling stations and various initiatives of the Election Commission are being shared on social media platforms.

Zilla panchayat CEO Kumar, who is also the chairman of SVEEP committee, said Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and WhatsApp will be used to share information regarding voter awareness among voters.

“Our goal is to increase the voter turnout in the assembly election. In 2018, the district had registered 77.67% polling, which was 6% more than the state average. Meanwhile, in 2013, the district had registered 74.48%. This indicates that the district has increased its performance compared to the previous election. In Mangaluru City South, the polling percentage was 10% lesser than the district average in 2018. To increase voter turnout in all constituencies, we will circulate information through social media to reach at least two lakh voters per day,” he said.

List prepared
The SVEEP committee has already prepared lists of target audience on various platforms, Kumar said. For example, he said, “The Facebook page of Dakshina Kannada zilla panchayat has nearly 7,000 followers. Similarly, the ZP’s Twitter account also has nearly 2,000 followers. In addition, the website of the zilla panchayat has about 29,000 followers.

Further, we have YouTube, WhatsApp groups of village accountants, voter awareness forums, and 1,000 groups of electoral literacy clubs. Besides this, we are collecting data of social media pages of MRPL, MCF, NMPT, shopping malls and other establishments and they will also be roped in to share content.”