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Deputy Commissioner and District Election Officer Ikram Shariff connected Tuesday (June 2) appealed to governmental parties, their representatives and the wide nationalist to cooperate with the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls to facilitate the mentation of a cleanable and error-free voters’ database successful Kalaburagi district.
Addressing a property league astatine his bureau successful Kalaburagi, Mr. Shariff said the Election Commission of India had announced the docket for the SIR of electoral rolls successful Karnataka arsenic portion of the 3rd signifier of the exercise. The process successful Kalaburagi territory volition commence connected June 20.
He said the revision would beryllium undertaken with October 1, 2026, arsenic the qualifying date. Training of predetermination personnel, preparatory activities and printing enactment volition beryllium carried retired from June 20 to 29. Booth Level Officers (BLOs) volition behaviour door-to-door visits and cod accusation from voters betwixt June 30 and July 29. Rationalisation of polling stations volition besides beryllium undertaken during the aforesaid period.
The draught electoral rotation volition beryllium published connected August 5. Objections and claims volition beryllium received from August 5 to September 4. All objections volition beryllium disposed of by October 3, pursuing which the last electoral rotation volition beryllium published connected October 7, helium said portion explaining the SIR calendar.
Mr. Shariff said extended preparations were being made for the workout successful the district. Kalaburagi district’s electorate comprises 23,73,909 voters dispersed crossed 9 Assembly constituencies. There are 11,89,398 men, 11,84,171 women and 340 others. A full of 2,400 polling stations person been established crossed the district.
A BLO has been appointed for each polling station, portion 275 BLO supervisors person been designated to oversee the enactment done by BLOs, helium said.
The District Election Officer said governmental parties had already been instructed to name Booth Level Agents (BLAs) to assistance successful booth-wise purification and mapping of electoral rolls. He urged voters to widen afloat practice to BLOs during their household visits.
Mr. Shariff besides advised citizens to interaction the Electoral Registration Officers acrophobic successful lawsuit they had immoderate doubts oregon queries regarding the SIR process.
To fortify the revision exercise, elector facilitation centres are being acceptable up astatine the BLO level to facilitate mapping betwixt the 2022 and 2025 electoral rolls. Directions person besides been issued to the Zilla Panchayat CEO to found elector facilitation centres successful agrarian areas. He said effectual coordination betwixt BLOs and BLAs would beryllium important for the palmy implementation of the exercise.
Zilla Panchayat CEO Rajul Sankanur, Kalaburagi City Corporation Commissioner Avinash Shinde, Additional Deputy Commissioner Rayappa Hunasagi and Assistant Commissioner Sahitya Aladakatti were contiguous astatine the property conference.
