Bengaluru: The office of the chief electoral officer has started circulating Election Commission’s changes to the claims and notices phase, but the verification-at-home process is yet to take effect.
“If they visit houses, they would cover one voter an hour instead of the current setup, where they cover 10 voters in the same duration. Vidya Goggi, former joint secretary of BAF who is assisting voters in Hebbal, said, “Our booth has completed 96% of the hearings, and the rest are overseas.
Families of outstation voters have been informed about the online facility, she said. Citizens helping voters said the existing system was continuing, according to Poornima Shetty, who runs a citizen-awareness initiative. Bangalore Apartments’ Federation joint secretary Valli Srinivasan said the AERO accepted documents brought by relatives, but sought a video call with the voter to confirm the person’s Bengaluru residence and consent to the relative submitting the papers.
A relative can bring documents while the voter’s presence is verified through a video call. They will benefit once the instructions percolate to the ground level.” The BLO going home is not yet communicated (to us) officially,” she said on Monday.