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Telangana Delivers One-Third of Electoral Roll Anomaly Notices
Election officials in Telangana found problems in some voter records.
They sent notices to people whose details had anomalies.
More than 31 lakh notices have been issued so far.
About one-third of those notices have been delivered.
Officials have already held hearings for nearly 2 lakh notices.
More notices will be delivered in stages.
People have also submitted forms to become voters, correct details or object to names on the rolls.
The Election Commission says the process will continue within its set deadline.
The Election Commission of India issued more than 31 lakh notices to Telangana voters whose details showed anomalies.
The notices were generated by ERONET from records involving 92.88 lakh voters with anomalies.
Hearings have been completed for 1,94,737 notices at Assistant Electoral Registration Officer level.
Officials said the remaining 61 lakh notices will be delivered in phases and heard within the stipulated period.
Telangana received 9,07,292 claims and objections, including applications for enrolment, deletions and corrections.
- Who
- The Election Commission of India, Telangana election officials and affected voters.
- What
- Officials are delivering and hearing notices about anomalies in voter records, while processing claims and objections.
- Where
- Telangana, at Assistant Electoral Registration Officer and Electoral Registration Officer levels.
- When
- The update was provided on Tuesday; remaining notices are to be handled within the period stipulated by the Election Commission of India.
- Why
- The notices were generated to address anomalies and help manage and clean the electoral rolls.
Key facts
- Notices issued
- More than 31 lakh
- Voters with anomalies
- 92.88 lakh
- Notices heard
- 1,94,737
- Claims and objections received
- 9,07,292
- Form-6 submissions
- 3,94,517 for enrolment as new voters
- Form-7 submissions
- 48,752 for objections or deletions
- Form-8 submissions
- 4,57,677 for corrections in draft electoral rolls
Quotes
C Sudarshan Reddy
Telangana Chief Electoral Officer
“Remaining notices will be delivered in a phased manner, and the same will be heard in the coming days within the period stipulated by the ECI by the 1973 AEROs and 119 EROs.”
deccanchronicle.com
Sources
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