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Govt says EC carries out internal quality checks during SIR

Govt says EC carries out internal quality checks during SIR
EC carries out internal quality checks during SIR, says govt over complaints from Delhi voters · theprint.in

I will explain this story in a simple way.

There is a list of people who are allowed to vote, called a voter list.

Some people in Delhi, a big city in India, could not find their names on the voter list from 2002.

They told the government about this problem.

The government asked a minister named Arjun Ram Meghwal to answer.

He said the Election Commission checks its work at every step of making the list.

The Commission checks the work of booth-level officers and samples the list for mistakes.

The list is also shown to the public and to political parties.

People can raise complaints if they see problems.

The Commission looks at these complaints and fixes the valid ones before the final voter list is published.

Key facts

Government response
EC carries out internal quality checks during SIR
Respondent
Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal (written reply)
Forum
Rajya Sabha
Date
August 6 (Thursday)
Location
New Delhi
Checks performed
Cross-verification of BLO enumeration, random sample audits of deleted entries, public disclosure of draft and final rolls
Grievance handling
Claims and objections examined; valid grievances addressed before roll finalisation
Context
Delhi voters with valid EPIC numbers registered before 2002 could not find their names in the 2002 electoral rolls

Quotes

Arjun Ram Meghwal

Indian Law Minister

“"Grievances received during the claims and objections period are examined and, where found valid, appropriate action is taken before finalisation of the roll."”
theprint.in

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