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Delhi Announces Camps to Enrol Voters Missing From Draft Roll
Delhi is checking its voter list and helping eligible people whose names are missing from the draft list.
Special camps are being held at colleges and universities and will also be held at polling stations.
Election workers called Booth Level Officers will visit homes and help people apply using Form 6.
People who moved after their colonies were demolished can apply from their new area.
People whose records say they were absent, moved, dead or listed twice can also check the published list and apply.
Applications can be made in person or online during the claims and objections period.
That period ends on October 30.
The final voter list is scheduled to come out on December 4.
The poll body says the effort is meant to include every eligible voter and remove ineligible entries.
Delhi’s Chief Electoral Officer announced special camps and home visits to help eligible electors missing from the draft roll apply for enrolment.
Camps were held at colleges and universities on Wednesday and were set to continue October 8; further camps were planned for October 9 and 11 at polling stations.
Booth Level Officers will help eligible applicants submit Form 6, including people displaced by demolitions and residents listed as absent, shifted, dead or duplicate.
The claims and objections period runs from August 31 to October 30, and the final electoral roll is scheduled for publication on December 4.
The CEO’s office said 13,62,162 cases involving non-mapping and logical discrepancies had been verified; the article also reports that about 47.56 lakh names were excluded from the draft roll.
- Who
- Delhi’s Chief Electoral Officer, Booth Level Officers and eligible electors missing from the draft roll.
- What
- Special camps and home visits are being used to help eligible electors seek inclusion through Form 6.
- Where
- Across Delhi, including colleges, universities, polling stations and electors’ homes.
- When
- Camps were held on Wednesday and were scheduled for October 8, 9 and 11; the claims and objections period ends October 30.
- Why
- To help eligible electors left out of the draft roll, including people displaced or recorded as having shifted, apply for inclusion.
Concerns raised by parties and civil society
Election authorities’ position
Displaced voters and roll inclusion
Concerns raised by parties and civil society
Political parties and civil society groups have raised concerns that displacement caused by demolitions could affect whether residents’ names are included in the revised rolls.
Election authorities’ position
The Delhi poll body says displaced eligible electors can approach camps near their new addresses and apply through Form 6; it says the drive aims to include every eligible elector.
Scale and effect of the revision
Concerns raised by parties and civil society
The SIR has become a political flashpoint after around 47.56 lakh names were excluded from the draft roll, according to the article.
Election authorities’ position
The CEO’s office says eligible people can seek inclusion during the claims and objections period and reports that more than 13.62 lakh discrepancy cases have been verified using collected documents.
Key facts
- Application form
- Form 6 is used to apply for enrolment.
- Camp dates
- College and university camps were held Wednesday and scheduled to continue October 8; polling-station camps were planned for October 9 and 11.
- Claims and objections
- August 31 to October 30.
- Final electoral roll
- Scheduled for publication on December 4.
- Verified cases
- 13,62,162 non-mapping and logical-discrepancy cases had been verified as of Wednesday, according to the CEO’s office.
- Draft roll figures
- About 97.5 lakh electors were included; around 47.56 lakh names were excluded from the previous electorate of about 1.45 crore.
- Application channels
- Forms can be submitted offline at designated election offices and locations, or online through the voter services portal or ECINET mobile application.
Quotes
Delhi Chief Electoral Officer and Election Commission of India
Delhi’s Chief Electoral Officer and the Election Commission of India, as quoted in the official press note.
“Any eligible elector whose name is not present in the draft electoral roll may file Form 6 along with supporting documents during the claims and objections period for inclusion in the final electoral roll.”
telegraphindia.com
“Every eligible elector is added and no ineligible entries remain in the Electoral Roll.”
republicworld.com
Sources
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