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With conscionable 5 days remaining for the enumeration signifier of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) to end, the fig of voters listed arsenic ‘untraceable’, ‘dead’ oregon ‘shifted’ successful Kerala has risen to a small implicit 7.61 lakh, arsenic per the latest updates.
Of the full 7,61,536 voters successful this category, 3,41,393 are listed arsenic ‘dead,’ 88,945 arsenic ‘untraceable’ oregon ‘absent,’ portion 2,79,196 are considered to person shifted permanently. There are besides 44,758 voters whose names are duplicated successful the list. ‘Others’ see 7,244 cases, according to the update provided by Chief Electoral Officer Rathan U. Kelkar connected Saturday.
Such cases are referred to arsenic ‘uncollectables,’ Mr. Kelkar said.
If the booth-level serviceman (BLO) finds, based connected verification, that the elector is deceased, the elector is marked arsenic ‘dead’ nether the uncollectables category. If section enquiry reveals that the elector has permanently shifted, the elector is marked arsenic ‘permanently shifted oregon absent,’ arsenic appropriate.
In cases wherever a elector has 2 entries astatine antithetic locations and chooses one, the different introduction is classified arsenic ‘duplicate.’ If voters explicitly authorities that they bash not privation to judge the forms, oregon that they volition not beryllium returning them, the lawsuit is marked nether ‘Others,’ according to Mr. Kelkar.
Enumeration forms are being distributed to a small implicit 2.78 crore voters successful Kerala for the SIR.
Efforts connected hint missing voters
Mr. Kelkar said efforts are connected hint these ‘missing’ voters. The database has been provided to booth-level officers (BLO) truthful that they consult the booth-level agents (BLA) appointed by governmental parties connected it.
The database volition besides beryllium published alongside the draught SIR rotation which volition beryllium published connected December 9. If they are traced aft that date, they volition beryllium added to the database utilizing the Form 6 enrolment form.
Till Saturday morning, 99.5% of the forms person been distributed, and 85% of the filled-up forms person been returned, portion 71.02% of the returned forms person been digitised, according to Mr. Kelkar.
The CEO added that aft December 4, names tin beryllium added to the rolls utilizing Form 6 till past time of the filing of nominations for the 2026 Assembly elections.
