Welcome
to the Chief Electoral Officer's Office of Andhra Pradesh.
The
Chief Electoral Officer functions under the overall supervision and control of
the Election Commission of India. It monitors the work relating to the conduct
of General Elections and Bye-Elections to the House of People from Andhra
Pradesh, A.P. Legislative Assembly and A.P. Legislative Council. This includes
preparation and updation of Electoral Rolls, Issue of Photo Identity Cards to
Electors, rationalization/re-organization of Polling Stations, voters'
education, implementation of Model Code of Conduct, the Election Laws and the
instructions issued by the Election Commission of India from time to time.
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Therefore, the Government of India came up with this idea of providing separate Voter identity cards for the voters in the year 1993 and since then, the Voter ID cards have been issued to all the eligible voters.