The common train of revision of electoral rolls is undertaken yearly all through the nation by the EC and in addition earlier than the holding of elections or bypolls.
Such an intensive and rigorous revision of the electoral rolls has been accomplished previously as properly with the final such train undertaken in 2004 (HT Photo)
Concerns have been raised by numerous civil society organisations, political events and others persistently over the inclusion or deletion of names within the electoral rolls, the officers mentioned.
“To make sure the system is totally strong and error-free, the ECI is contemplating an intensive house-to-house verification in the course of the upcoming electoral roll revision earlier than the Bihar Assembly polls,” an EC official acquainted with the matter mentioned requesting anonymity.
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Such an intensive and rigorous revision of the electoral rolls has been accomplished previously as properly with the final such train undertaken in 2004, the official mentioned.
The common train of revision of electoral rolls is undertaken yearly all through the nation by the EC and in addition earlier than the holding of elections or bypolls.
The provisions relating to eligibility to be registered as a voter and disqualification are clearly laid down in Article 326 of the Constitution and Section 16 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950 respectively, they mentioned.
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The voter checklist is revised usually on account of deaths and inclusion of latest voters. Inter-state and intra-state motion of voters is one other key motive why rolls want updation. For occasion, throughout 2024, based on the types acquired by the EC, 4.6 million individuals shifted their residence, 23 million utilized for corrections and three.3 million requested for substitute, the fee mentioned in an announcement issued on Sunday.
Thus, in a single 12 months, practically 31 million adjustments had been required to be made throughout the nation, the fee mentioned within the assertion.
Officials lamented that regardless of following an in depth protocol, insinuations and allegations are sometimes made towards the EC of arbitrarily inflating the electoral roll, although the train is performed with full transparency and beneath fixed scrutiny of political events.
Several events, together with the Congress, have accused the ballot authority of manipulating voter information.
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