Parliament passes Electoral Rolls Bill

A bill titled Electoral Rolls (Amendment) Bill 2020 extending the deadline for updating voter lists till 2 March instead of 31 January every year was passed in parliament, according to UNB.

Law, justice and parliamentary affairs minister Anisul Huq moved the bill and it was passed by voice vote.

The amendment is being brought to the existing Electoral Rolls Act 2009 aiming to extend the timeframe till 1 March as it is difficult to update all the voter lists within only 29 days from 2 January to 31 January.

According to article 11 of the existing Electoral Rolls Act 2009, there is a provision to update all the voter lists from 2 January to 31 January every year.