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About 20 lakh Delhi voters who received SIR notices have been verified
Delhi election officials have verified about 20 lakh of the 33 lakh voters who received notices during a Special Intensive Revision, or SIR, of the electoral roll.
The notices asked voters to clarify issues in their records or provide documents to confirm they could be included on the roll.
More than 19 lakh notices concerned record discrepancies, while nearly 14 lakh went to voters whose records could not be linked to a 2002 electoral roll.
Officials eased the process, allowing booth-level officers to visit homes and collect documents instead of requiring voters to attend hearings at government offices.
They can also correct minor errors, such as spelling mistakes, after checking documents.
The verification matters because a draft roll published on August 31 listed 97.5 lakh voters, after about 47.6 lakh names were deleted; the Election Commission said many of those people had moved and not submitted forms.
Verification and the handling of notices will continue until November 30, and the final SIR roll is scheduled for December 4.
Around 20 lakh of the 33 lakh Delhi voters who received Special Intensive Revision (SIR) notices have had their cases resolved, according to the Delhi chief electoral officer’s office.
The Election Commission eased verification by allowing Booth Level Officers to visit voters’ homes to collect documents instead of requiring hearings at government offices.
More than 19 lakh voters were flagged for logical discrepancies, while nearly 14 lakh were classified as unmapped from the 2002 SIR records.
Verification and disposal of notices will continue until November 30, ahead of the final SIR roll scheduled for December 4.
- Who
- Around 33 lakh Delhi voters who received SIR notices, including Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal.
- What
- Around 20 lakh cases have been resolved, with verification being carried out for voters who received notices.
- When
- The notices were issued in September. Verification is due to continue until November 30.
- Where
- Delhi, India.
- Why
- The notices sought clarification and supporting documents to verify voters’ eligibility for inclusion in the final SIR roll.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Delhi’s electoral roll listed 1.56 crore voters.
The SIR began, when the electoral roll had 1.45 crore voters.
The draft electoral roll was published with 97.5 lakh voters.
Around 33 lakh voters received SIR notices.
The Election Commission eased verification, allowing BLOs to visit homes to collect documents.
Disposal of SIR notices and completion of verification are due to continue.
- Cases resolved
- Around 20 lakh out of 33 lakh
- Logical discrepancies
- Over 19 lakh voters
- Unmapped records
- Nearly 14 lakh voters
- BLOs
- 14,947
- Verification deadline
- November 30
- Final SIR roll
- Scheduled for December 4
What people are saying
No eligible voter will be excluded from the voter list.
Eligible voters will not be removed merely because of logical inconsistencies in their records.
Sources
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