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With the docket for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls successful Karnataka announced by the Election Commission of India, a gathering was held astatine the bureau of the Deputy Commissioner of Mandya connected Monday to little the representatives of assorted governmental parties astir the revision process.
Deputy Commissioner of Mandya Kumar provided the broad details of the exercise, which volition beryllium held from June 20 to October 7, to the participants of the meeting.
The representatives of governmental parties, who attended the meeting, included C.D. Gangadhar from the Indian National Congress, D. Ramesh from Janata Dal (S), Boodanuru Bommaiah from Aam Aadmi Party, Shivashankar from Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), H.B. Prasanna Kumar from BJP, and C. Kumar from CPM.
Presently, Mandya district, with 1,823 polling stations dispersed crossed its 7 Assembly constituencies, has 7,69,931 antheral voters, 8,05,643 pistillate voters, and 148 3rd sex voters, taking the full electorate to 15,75,722.
During the meeting, which was besides attended by Joint Director of Food and Civil Supplies Department Prateek Hegde and Election Tahsildar C.J. Ravishankar, Mr. Kumar said that Booth Level Officers (BLOs) person been appointed for each the polling stations successful the district.
Mr. Kumar said the SIR of electoral rolls is simply a transparent and participatory process involving voters, governmental parties, and predetermination officials. He urged each stakeholders to widen their cooperation.
“The superior nonsubjective of the revision is to see each eligible voters successful the electoral rolls and region the ineligible persons successful accordance with the rules,” helium said.
Preparatory activities and grooming for BLOs volition beryllium conducted from June 20 to June 29, helium said.
From June 30 to July 29, the BLOs volition undertake a door-to-door survey, administer enumeration forms to voters, and cod the completed forms. The voters volition besides beryllium allowed to taxable the enumeration forms online.
On July 29, proposals relating to the reorganisation of polling stations volition beryllium submitted to the Chief Electoral Officer arsenic per prescribed procedures.
The draught electoral rotation volition beryllium published connected August 5. Claims and objections whitethorn beryllium filed betwixt August 5 and September 4.
Disposal of claims and objections volition beryllium carried retired from August 5 to October 3, and the last electoral rotation volition beryllium published connected October 7, 2026, the Deputy Commissioner informed.
He further stated that voters who neglect to motion and taxable the enumeration signifier to the BLO volition not person their names included successful the draught electoral roll. Such persons volition beryllium issued notices, and during the claims and objections period, they whitethorn taxable a caller exertion on with immoderate 1 of the 12 documents prescribed by the Election Commission to person their names included successful the electoral roll.
BLOs volition sojourn each household astatine slightest 3 times. If a elector is not available, a mahazar (spot report) volition beryllium prepared and submitted. In the lawsuit of absent voters, immoderate big subordinate of the household aged 18 years oregon supra whitethorn motion connected their behalf, according to the Deputy Commissioner.
