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Delhi Revises SIR Schedule Again, Final Rolls Due November 4
Delhi is checking and updating its voter list in an exercise called the Special Intensive Revision, or SIR.
The process began with forms being delivered to voters’ homes on June 30.
Officials have changed the timetable for the third time.
They need more time to organise polling stations.
The polling-station work must now be completed by August 24.
A temporary voter list, called the draft electoral roll, will be released on August 31.
Voters whose names are missing can submit claims or objections until September 30.
Officials will review these claims and objections through October 29.
The final voter list is scheduled to be released on November 4.
Delhi’s Special Intensive Revision schedule has been revised for the third time.
Polling-station rationalisation and rearrangement will now be completed by August 24.
The draft electoral rolls will be published on August 31 instead of August 24.
Voters can file claims and objections from August 31 to September 30.
The final electoral rolls will be published on November 4 instead of October 27.
- Who
- Delhi’s Election Commission and election officials, along with voters affected by the Special Intensive Revision.
- What
- The schedule for revising Delhi’s electoral rolls has been changed, delaying the draft and final voter lists.
- Where
- Delhi.
- When
- The exercise began on June 30; polling-station work is due by August 24, the draft roll on August 31, and the final roll on November 4.
- Why
- Officials said more time was needed for the rationalisation and rearrangement of polling stations, including a requirement to keep each station to a maximum of 1,200 electors.
Key facts
- Exercise
- Special Intensive Revision of Delhi’s electoral rolls
- Schedule revision
- Third revision since the exercise began
- Start date
- June 30
- Polling-station deadline
- August 24
- Draft electoral roll
- August 31
- Claims and objections
- August 31 to September 30
- Final electoral rolls
- November 4, changed from October 27
- Polling-station limit
- A maximum of 1,200 electors per station
Sources
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