3 days ago
Delhi SIR Notices Leave Voters Seeking Clarity Over Roll Verification
Delhi is checking its voter lists through a process called the Special Intensive Revision.
More than 33 lakh voters received notices asking them to clarify information.
Some people could not be matched with the city’s 2002 voter list.
Others had differences in names or ages.
Voters can provide documents about themselves, their parents, or their grandparents.
The documents may include birth certificates, passports, or school certificates.
Officials say receiving a notice does not automatically remove anyone from the voter list.
Voters will have a chance to explain their situation and appeal decisions.
The final voter list is expected on November 4.
More than 33 lakh of Delhi’s 97.5 lakh draft-roll voters received SIR notices.
Notices cite either being “unmapped” in Delhi’s 2002 roll or logical discrepancies.
Affected voters must submit personal or family documents to electoral officials.
Special camps will be held on September 27 to help process notices.
Notice disposal is due by October 29, with final rolls scheduled for November 4.
- Who
- More than 33 lakh Delhi voters received notices, along with electoral registration officers and booth-level officers handling the responses.
- What
- The notices ask voters to address missing links to the 2002 electoral roll or logical discrepancies in voter information.
- Where
- Across Delhi’s 70 constituencies, including Rohini in North West Delhi and Laxmi Nagar.
- When
- Notices were issued before September 24; special camps are scheduled for September 27, notices are to be disposed of by October 29, and final rolls are due on November 4.
- Why
- The notices are part of the Special Intensive Revision of Delhi’s electoral rolls and seek documents to verify voters’ credentials.
Voter concerns
Election officials’ response
Clarity and assistance
Voter concerns
Some voters said they could not find their own or their parents’ details in the 2002 rolls and complained about uncooperative booth-level officers.
Election officials’ response
The Delhi Chief Electoral Officer said notices are system-generated, additional assistant electoral registration officers have been deployed, and special camps will assist voters.
Risk of deletion
Voter concerns
Receiving a notice has left some voters uncertain about whether their names could be removed from the electoral rolls.
Election officials’ response
Officials said a notice does not automatically mean deletion and that no name will be removed without due process, an opportunity to respond, and the right to appeal.
Key facts
- Voters in draft rolls
- 97.5 lakh
- Notices issued
- Over 33 lakh
- Main notice categories
- ‘Unmapped with last SIR’ and ‘logical discrepancies’
- Reference electoral roll
- Delhi’s 2002 Special Intensive Revision roll
- Document requirements
- Requirements vary according to whether voters were born before July 1, 1987, between July 1, 1987 and December 2, 2004, or after December 2, 2004.
- Notice disposal deadline
- October 29
- Final electoral roll
- Scheduled for November 4
Quotes
Unnamed Laxmi Nagar voter
A voter from Delhi’s Laxmi Nagar constituency who received an SIR notice.
“Although I was not eligible to become a voter around 2002, my parents were eligible voters and their names were added. But now, I am unable to find their details.”
theprint.in
“My BLO said the notice was system-generated and asked for my PAN card copy, assuring me that the error would be rectified.”
theprint.in
Delhi Chief Electoral Officer’s office
The Delhi election authority responsible for administering the electoral-roll revision.
“No name will be deleted from the draft electoral roll without following due process. The concerned person will be given an opportunity to present their case and to appeal.”
theprint.in
Sources
Related news
Delhi CEO Assures SIR Notices Won’t Trigger Automatic Voter Deletions
Delhi SIR Flags Advani, Sisodia Among 33 Lakh Voters
Delhi Poll Body Says SIR Notices Do Not Mean Deletion
Supreme Court Seeks Clarity on Delhi SIR Notices
ECI Says SIR Notices Do Not Mean Voter Deletion
Delhi Poll Officials Publish Names Excluded From Draft Roll
Former election commissioner urges EC to scrap third SIR phase
Supreme Court Keeps Bengal SIR Hearing Before Nandigram Polls
Bombay High Court Sets October Hearing on Maharashtra SIR Plea
Venugopal Alleges Conspiracy Against Indian Democracy Over Electoral Rolls
Bombay High Court Sets Hearings on Maharashtra SIR Challenges
