SIR: Not even one in 10 of those marked absent or shifted have sought inclusion

A total of 7,70,988 Form-6 applications, required for inclusion in the electoral roll, had been received by the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer as the claims and objections period ended. The figures suggest that not even one in 10 of those marked as absent or shifted and deleted from the draft roll have sought inclusion.

Form-6 had to be filled by new voters as well as those whose names were marked under the untraceable/absent and shifted categories and subsequently left out of the draft roll. Karnataka saw more than 80.62 lakh voters marked under these two categories, with over 65 lakh marked as shifted and the remaining more than 15 lakh as absent.