One more chance for excluded voters in Delhi, 6 other states
The Election Commission is offering voters in seven states and union territories a simplified process to re-enroll in electoral rolls. Deleted voters no longer need to fill out fresh enrollment forms, allowing them to correct their status through a streamlined administrative procedure.
Why it matters
This initiative ensures greater democratic participation by removing bureaucratic hurdles for citizens previously excluded from voter lists due to administrative errors.
They won't have to fill form 6, EC saysNEW DELHI: Electors across seven states/UTs undergoing SIR, including Delhi, who were excluded from the draft electoral roll on account of being absent, shifted, dead or duplicate (ASDD) and whose enumeration forms (EFs) were not received, will be provided one more opportunity to get their names included in the final electoral roll by filling up the SIR form afresh. They will no longer have to fill Form 6, meant for fresh enrolment, or Form 8, if they were excluded due to shifting of place of residence within the same state/UT.The drive in states where SIR is under way - Delhi, Haryana, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Telangana and Nagaland - may come as a relief for deleted electors who were reluctant to fill Form 6 to be added back, in view of the declaration in the form that they were enrolling for the…
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