EC launches special drive to restore names dropped during SIR
The Election Commission of India has ordered a special drive to re-enroll voters who were inadvertently removed from electoral rolls during the Special Intensive Revision. Booth Level Officers will conduct house-to-house verifications to ensure all eligible citizens are registered.
Why it matters
Ensuring the accuracy of electoral rolls is fundamental to maintaining the integrity of the democratic process and preventing voter disenfranchisement.
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission has directed state poll officials to launch a special drive to immediately enrol “left-out” and new voters in areas where the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) has been completed. The move comes amid allegations by the opposition parties that the electoral roll revision exercise disenfranchised crores of eligible citizens.The instructions were conveyed in an official communication issued on Thursday, following a virtual meeting with state chief electoral officers (CEOs), as cited by PTI.The drive aims to re-enrol eligible voters who were omitted or deleted during the intensive revision, while also registering first-time and “young voters”.The Commission stressed that voter registration is an ongoing process and that no eligible citizen should be disenfranchised for not being included during the SIR enumeration.Booth Level Officers (BLOs) have been instructed to cross-check the current electoral rolls with pre-SIR lists to identify electors whose names were included earlier but dropped from…
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