EC gives fresh chance to voters excluded from draft SIR rolls in Delhi, Maharashtra, 5 other states
The Election Commission of India has simplified the re-inclusion process for voters excluded from draft rolls in seven states. Affected individuals can now be reinstated without filing the standard Form 6 application.
Why it matters
This administrative change aims to ensure voter participation and rectify errors in electoral rolls ahead of upcoming elections.
Most of the electors struck off draft rolls during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) can now seek re-inclusion without filing Form 6, the Election Commission of India (ECI) said on Friday. The Form 6 route remains available, it clarified, but it is not the only option.In a letter dated November 6, addressed to the chief electoral officers (CEOs) of Delhi, Maharashtra, Haryana, Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Telangana and Nagaland, the Commission said electors marked Absent, Shifted, Dead or Duplicate (ASDD), and thus excluded from the draft roll, will get “one more opportunity” to be included in the final roll. Accepted applicants will get the same EPIC number they held before the SIR, indicating they are being treated as existing electors rather than first-time enrollees.
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