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As per the absorption of the Election Commission of India (ECI), a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls volition beryllium carried retired successful Dharwad territory from June 30 to October 7.
Briefing presspersons successful Dharwad connected Wednesday, Deputy Commissioner Snehal R. sought the practice of the nationalist and each governmental parties successful the palmy completion of the process.
The Deputy Commissioner said that 89.94% of elector mapping has already been completed and each steps are being taken to implicit the process astatine the earliest. She sought the practice of booth-level agents and officials.
As per the docket released by the ECI, preparatory work, grooming and printing of worldly volition beryllium taken up betwixt June 20 and June 29.
House-to-house visits by BLOs volition past beryllium conducted from June 30 to July 29. Rationalisation of polling stations is to beryllium completed by July 29.
The draught electoral rolls for Karnataka volition beryllium published connected August 5. Claims and objections tin beryllium filed from August 5 to September 4, portion disposal of claims and objections volition proceed till October 3. The last electoral rolls is scheduled to beryllium published connected October 7.
The Deputy Commissioner said that arsenic per Article 324 of the Constitution and Representation of People Act 1950, the ECI has the work of holding elections for Assembly and Parliament and revision of electoral rolls. To clasp escaped and just elections, it is important that the electoral rolls are revised comprehensively.
She besides promised that steps volition beryllium taken to guarantee that eligible voters are not near retired of the electoral rolls. As per Article 326 of the Constitution each those who person completed 18 years connected the notified day and those not barred by instrumentality are eligible to registry their names successful the electoral rolls, she said.
The Deputy Commissioner said that truthful acold 10 broad revision of electoral rolls person taken spot successful assorted States.
She said that SIR has been a regular process till 2004 and now, aft 20 years, again SIR is being carried out.
“There are chances of large changes successful the electoral rolls, owed to repetitive entries, large-scale migration owed to accelerated urbanisation and those who person moved successful hunt of livelihood.
SIR volition besides assistance successful receiving objections from governmental parties connected the prime of the electoral rolls and removal of deceased voters, repetitive entries and besides overseas nationals, she said.
As connected May 19, determination are a full of 16,23,933 voters successful 1,665 polling stations of 7 Assembly segments successful Dharwad district, including 8,06,478 antheral voters, 8,17,358 pistillate voters and 97 3rd sex voters.
She said that presiding officers for each of the 1,665 polling stations successful Dharwad territory person already been appointed and 230 booth-level supervisors person been appointed.
Additional Deputy Commissioner Geetha C.D. and different officials were present.
Earlier, chairing a gathering of representatives of governmental parties connected SIR, she briefed them astir the docket and sought their practice successful the palmy completion of the process.
