ELECTORAL CARD

The Kerala election commission issued the  electoral cards today at Pattom for the region under Vatiyoorkavu .The issuing of the electoral card began at around 10 in the morning . People whose residential certificate came under Vattiyoorkavu region had to come to the Pattom Taluk office between 10 and 2 to get their electoral cards issued.Some came to get new ones while the others came to get their address renewed.The serpentine queue made the people weary.With the expectation of getting an electoral card to caste their votes for some government ,’ we the people’ stood there for their turn .
What was heart crushing was that some people after being in the queue for hours finally had to go back without getting the card issued .The lack of knowledge on what all to bring to the Taluk Office was the basic reason behind this cruelty. Either they might not have residential address or they might not have the photo copy of their ration card.What ever the reason was there were people who dint feel satisfied about the system.”They can do this by coming home and getting all the necessary information , like they do while taking census” says Kanchana , a self employed woman.Once the forms were verified, every person were send for a re-verification. The re-verification took place inside the office.The office was overfilled with people because after a while all of them simply wanted to get over with it flowed in irrespective of space or discipline .
Finally when one receives the chance to take their photos , there is this sign of relief on their faces.After the photo is taken ,they receive a slip. This slip is supposed to be taken along with you to get the card. “The card will take a months time”says Taluk Officer,Pattom .With this kind of system to simply get a card issued results in the lack of desire to see the same government in the same position again.