SIR: 88% of electorate mapped in Dakshina Kannada, says DC

As galore arsenic 15.98 lakh (88.56%) of the 18.05 lakh electorate from the 8 assembly constituencies successful Dakshina Kannada person truthful acold been mapped arsenic portion of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, said Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner and District Electoral Officer H. V. Darshan successful Mangaluru connected Thursday.

Talking to reporters, Mr. Darshan said 15,98,723 of the 18,05,189 voters successful the District person been mapped. For antithetic reasons, including trouble for booth level officers (BLOs) to get successful interaction with electors, and non-submission of details astir their names successful electoral rotation successful 2002, arsenic galore arsenic 2,06,466 electors person not been mapped.

From June 30 to July 29, BLOs volition beryllium visiting houses successful their locality and supply 2 sets of enumeration slips to electors. “All those mapped and those who person not been mapped volition beryllium fixed the slips. Voters person to supply details and taxable 1 acceptable to the BLO and clasp the different signifier with them. The BLOs volition marque 3 attempts to sojourn houses and cod the forms,” helium said.

Mr. Darshan called upon governmental parties to marque their booth level assistants (BLAs) enactment with BLOs successful connecting with voters and completing the SIR process. As galore arsenic 1,876 BLOs, 206 BLO supervisors, 10 Assistant Electoral Registration Officers, and 8 Electoral Registration Officers volition beryllium progressive successful the exercise.

Alternative documents

Voters who person fixed details successful the enumeration signifier astir their names successful the 2002 electoral rotation request not taxable immoderate supporting document. Those who person not provided immoderate details, should taxable their commencement certificate, passport oregon immoderate 1 of the 11 acceptable documents, on with enumeration form. Voter facilitation centres person been acceptable up astatine each polling stations to assistance voters taxable enumeration forms. Shortly, installation for online submission of enumeration forms volition beryllium launched.

The draught electoral rotation volition beryllium published connected August 5. Voters tin taxable their claims and objections betwixt August 5 and September 4. The claims and objections volition beryllium heard and disposed betwixt August 5 and October 3. The last electoral rotation volition beryllium published connected October 7, Mr. Darshan said.