Vizianagaram to hold special SIR campaign on July 11, 12 ahead of deadline
The Vizianagaram district administration is launching a special campaign on July 11 and 12 to complete the Special Intensive Revision of the voters' list. Officials are under pressure to meet a July 14 deadline, while local political parties have raised concerns about the transparency of the process.
Why it matters
Ensuring an accurate and transparent voter list is essential for the integrity of the democratic electoral process.
The Vizianagaram district administration will take up a special campaign on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voters’ list on July 11 and 12 in all mandals of the district, amid mounting pressure from the Election Commission of India (ECI) to meet the July 14 deadline for completion of the exercise.
The authorities have distributed around 15.90 lakh enumeration forms to voters in the district. However, digitisation of the filled-up forms is yet to pick up. Around 75% of the upload of forms has been completed.
Non-availability of details of voters who shifted to other places has hampered the SIR process in several places. The government decided to take up the special campaign on July 11 and 12, the weekend, in the hope that all voters would be at home.
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