1 week ago

BLOs Asked to Help Deliver Electoral Revision Notices

Officials in Tirupati are checking the electoral rolls to make sure voter information is correct.

Some voters received notices because their details were not properly matched or had other problems.

Booth-level officers and political parties were asked to help deliver these notices quickly.

Voters must bring documents to prove their identity and information.

The number of documents needed depends on when a voter was born.

People who cannot move, are in hospital or have disabilities can be checked virtually.

Other voters who receive notices must attend verification in person.

Officials also asked political parties to name booth agents for 84 new polling centres.

Key facts

Verification exercise: Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls
Documents: Voters born before 1987 need one valid document; those born from 1987 to 2004 need two; those born after 2004 need three.
Accepted documents: Officials provided a list of 11 acceptable documents.
New polling centres: Booth-agent details were requested for 84 newly created polling centres.
Virtual verification: Completely immobile, hospitalised and differently-abled voters will be handled virtually by area teams.
Physical verification: All other voters who receive notices must attend in person at the scheduled time.
Notices: Officials shared statistics on notices already distributed, but no figures were provided in the report.

thehansindia.com · 1 week ago