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Delhi EC Holds Camps to Restore Voters Omitted After Demolitions
Delhi is checking its voter lists before publishing the final version.
Some people, including people whose homes were demolished, may have been left off the draft list.
The Election Commission says it will hold special camps to help eligible people get added.
Officials will also visit homes and help people fill out a form to register.
The draft list has 97.5 lakh voters, while 47.7 lakh names were removed.
The article says those removed make up 33% of Delhi’s electorate.
Officials must check the cases by October 29, and the final list is expected on November 4.
The Supreme Court said some notices asking people to prove they could vote seemed to have been issued almost mechanically.
Delhi’s Election Commission will hold special camps for voters whose homes were recently demolished and who were left off the draft electoral rolls.
Camps are planned at schools and universities on Wednesday and Thursday, and at polling stations on Friday and Saturday.
Booth-level officers will visit homes and help eligible omitted voters enroll using Form 6.
The draft rolls list 97.5 lakh voters, while 47.7 lakh names were removed; the article says the removed names amount to 33% of Delhi’s electorate.
Verification is due by October 29 and final rolls are scheduled for November 4; the Supreme Court had criticized notices issued to voters as possibly mechanical.
- Who
- Delhi’s Election Commission, booth-level officers and voters left out of the draft rolls.
- What
- Special camps and home visits will help eligible omitted voters enroll through Form 6.
- Where
- Schools, universities and polling stations across Delhi, as well as voters’ homes.
- When
- Camps are planned for Wednesday through Saturday; verification is due by October 29, with final rolls scheduled for November 4.
- Why
- To help eligible voters, including people whose homes were recently demolished, avoid exclusion from the electoral rolls.
Inclusion and voter access
Verification and procedural concerns
Omitted voters
Inclusion and voter access
The Delhi Election Commission says special camps and home visits will help identify eligible voters left out of the draft rolls, including people whose homes were demolished.
Verification and procedural concerns
The article reports concern over deletions from the rolls, including the removal of 47.7 lakh names; it says the meaning of the “other” removal category was unclear.
Eligibility notices
Inclusion and voter access
The notices asked electors to prove their eligibility to vote during the revision exercise.
Verification and procedural concerns
The Supreme Court said the notices appeared to have been issued almost mechanically, and Justice Joymalya Bagchi said they were probably machine-generated; the court said voters needed clarity about the reasons for notices concerning logical discrepancies.
Key facts
- Voters on draft rolls
- 97.5 lakh
- Names removed from draft rolls
- 47.7 lakh
- Share of electorate removed
- 33%, according to the article
- Notice recipients
- 33 lakh electors in Delhi
- Registration form
- Form 6
- Verification deadline
- October 29
- Scheduled publication of final rolls
- November 4
Quotes
Delhi Election Commission
The election authority organizing voter enrolment camps in Delhi.
“[Booth level officers] will carry out house to house visit to identify such left-out electors to facilitate their enrolment through Form 6, wherever the person is found to be eligible”
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