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With the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls acceptable to statesman successful Karnataka from June 20, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) V. Anbu Kumar connected Friday sought to allay concerns implicit alleged deletion of voters from the electoral rolls.
Addressing presspersons, Mr. Kumar clarified that notices issued during the SIR process should not beryllium construed arsenic automatic deletion of names from the elector list.
“The nonsubjective of the workout is to marque the electoral rolls much transparent and error-free, portion ensuring that nary eligible elector is excluded and nary ineligible elector is included. Electors volition beryllium fixed a tenable accidental for a proceeding earlier immoderate last determination connected deletion is taken,” helium said.
Elaborating connected the process and safeguards being adopted for the revision exercise, helium clarified that Booth Level Officers (BLOs) volition mandatorily sojourn each household of the State’s 5,55,74,064 electors and administer enumeration forms straight to voters.
“The sanction of each elector who correctly fills and submits the enumeration signifier volition needfully fig successful the draught electoral roll. Notices volition beryllium issued lone successful cases wherever the accusation furnished successful the signifier does not lucifer the disposable information oregon wherever method discrepancies arise. Issuing a announcement does not automatically mean deletion of the voter’s name,” helium said.
QR coded forms
Mr. Kumar said QR coded enumeration forms would beryllium distributed successful duplicate to each voter. One signed transcript would stay with the elector arsenic acknowledgement, portion the 2nd copy, aft being filled with the required information, would beryllium handed implicit to the BLO.
“The forms volition already incorporate details specified arsenic the voter’s name, photograph, polling presumption fig and Assembly constituency. The unsocial QR codification tin beryllium scanned done the BLO app to retrieve elector details instantly. If a voter’s photograph is outdated, a caller photograph tin beryllium submitted on with the form. Alternatively, BLOs tin seizure updated photographs done the app itself,” helium explained.
Voters whose names appeared successful the 2002 electoral rotation would beryllium required to supply those details. In the lack of specified records, details of relatives specified arsenic begetter oregon gramps could beryllium furnished for verification. Of the State’s full electorate, astir 4,80,39,560 voters person already been mapped, accounting for 86.46% advancement successful the ongoing verification process.
Mr. Kumar said voters tin motion the signifier oregon affix their near thumb impression. In cases wherever the elector is unavailable, an big household subordinate tin motion and manus implicit the signifier to the BLO.
“If a voter’s sanction is not recovered successful the 2002 rotation oregon if determination is immoderate mismatch successful the data, predetermination officials volition person to contented notices seeking supporting documents,” helium explained.
The CEO said documents specified arsenic pension individuality cards issued by the Centre oregon State governments, slope oregon station bureau records, LIC documents, commencement certificates, passports, acquisition certificates, domicile certificates, wood rights certificates, caste certificates, onshore oregon location allotment records and Aadhaar could beryllium produced for verification.
Voter facilitation centres
To facilitate the process, elector assistance centres would beryllium established astatine the ward level successful gram panchayats and municipality section bodies, helium said.
Mr. Kumar besides said the Election Commission would instrumentality each precautionary measures to guarantee that nary eligible elector is near retired during the revision exercise.
More than 64,000 unit deployed
Chief Electoral Officer V. Anbu Kumar said the SIR process would impact 31 Deputy Commissioners, 35 Assistant District Election Officers, 224 Electoral Registration Officers, 336 Assistant Electoral Registration Officers, 5,900 BLO supervisors and 59,050 BLOs. Chief Executive Officers of Zilla Panchayats would besides enactment successful the exercise.
In addition, volunteers would beryllium appointed to assistance with field-level activities. Proposals had besides been submitted to the authorities for assignment of 16 Electoral Registration Officers and 25 Assistant Electoral Registration Officers, helium said.
