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Karnataka has released draft electoral rolls amid technical glitches and significant deletions of voter names. Simultaneously, the state assembly passed several bills, including a controversial amendment allowing the use of park land for infrastructure projects.
Why it matters
The mass deletion of voters and the potential repurposing of public park land for infrastructure have sparked significant concerns regarding democratic transparency and environmental preservation.
The Office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Karnataka, has published the draft electoral rolls for the State . The rolls can be checked here . However, the process hit a glitch in the initial hours of the release itself, with the website crashing owing to heavy traffic for some constituencies. Citizens who tried to access the rolls were met with error messages or PDFs that would not open.
The draft roll has seen the deletion of more than 1.07 crore names. Bengaluru, which had an electorate of 1.03 crore voters, has seen its electoral roll shrink to 56.11 lakh voters. Those who find their names marked under the Absent, Shifted, Duplicate, Dead or Others categories can fill out Form 6 and apply for inclusion during the claims and objections period, from August 24 to September 22.
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