Election Commission modifies some SIR rules after Bihar

As the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls successful the adjacent 12 States and Union Territories is acceptable to beryllium carried retired according to the June 24 bid issued by the Election Commission of India (ECI), definite modifications person been made to the process based connected the learnings from the conscionable concluded process successful Bihar.

In a announcement issued to the Chief Electoral Officers of each 12 States, the ECI said nary documents were to beryllium collected from electors during the Enumeration Phase. This was being done arsenic it had been recovered successful Bihar that a bulk of radical could beryllium traced to the electoral rolls of erstwhile SIR, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar said.

The announcement further said that for electors whose Enumeration Forms had not returned, the Booth Level Officer (BLO) whitethorn place a probable cause, including decease oregon duplication, based connected an enquiry from adjacent electors, and noting this down.

Since the Draft Electoral Rolls would lone see the names of those who had submitted Enumeration Forms, booth-wise lists of electors whose names are frankincense not included successful the Draft Roll shall beryllium past displayed connected the Notice Board of respective the Panchayat Bhavan/urban section assemblage office, and the Offices of the Block Development Officers to alteration the wide nationalist to person entree to the aforesaid voters’ lists, on with the probable reasons for the non-inclusion of their names.

Aadhaar has been added arsenic the 12th document arsenic directed by the Supreme Court, but lone arsenic impervious of individuality and not of citizenship.

The ECI has besides modified the Enumeration Form and Declaration Forms. Both see a file for details connected whether the sanction of the elector and that of his parents oregon guardians were contiguous successful the electoral rolls erstwhile the erstwhile SIR of a peculiar State was prepared.

This would mean that a bulk of the voters did not person to taxable immoderate documents arsenic those whose names oregon their parents’ names were contiguous successful elector lists aft the erstwhile SIR request not bash so, ECI officials said.

The Electoral Registration officers volition contented announcement lone aft the work of draught Electoral Rolls to those electors who could not beryllium linked with the erstwhile SIR of Electoral Rolls successful bid to ascertain their eligibility.

Also, dissimilar Bihar, the Voter Rolls of each States would beryllium disposable for the mapping of the names of voters, and their parents oregon guardians.

In different modification to the process, caller elector registrations would beryllium carried retired simultaneously during House to House Enumeration. The BLO volition transportation astatine slightest 30 blank Form 6s on with blank Declaration Forms to supply to anyone who sought to enrol arsenic a caller elector.