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Telugu Desam Party (TDP) State wide caput P. Ashok Babu connected Monday raised concerns implicit definite aspects of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, peculiarly the process of ballot mapping, successful a missive addressed to Andhra Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer Vivek Yadav.
Mr. Ashok Babu said the pre-printed enumeration forms distributed to voters from June 15 were expected to incorporate details of voters on with vote-mapping accusation based connected 2002 electoral information wherever applicable. However, the forms carried lone the latest elector particulars disposable successful the 2025-26 electoral rolls and did not see the 2002 mapping data.
He noted that during a gathering convened by the Chief Electoral Officer with representatives of governmental parties, it had been stated that the mapped accusation would beryllium pre-filled by Booth Level Officers (BLOs) and printed successful the enumeration forms. However, voters crossed the State received forms containing lone existent electoral details, with nary accusation relating to ballot mapping.
Mr. Ashok Babu said BLOs were incapable to supply the required mapping details to voters portion assisting them successful filling retired the forms. He suggested that BLOs beryllium authorised to seizure integer photographs of voters and upload them on with their Elector Photo Identity Card (EPIC) details, arsenic galore agrarian areas lacked photograph studios equipped to supply integer photographs. Such a measure, helium said, would prevention clip and marque the process much convenient for voters.
He urged the Election Commission authorities to marque the indispensable modifications to the bundle successful the involvement of voters, adding that a akin strategy was being followed successful Karnataka.
