Under ECI’s revised procedure, BLOs are expected to collect supporting documents from voters at their homes and upload them online
He said only 14 cases remained pending and he left notes or messages with their children. Because travelling to camps was difficult for them, an officer in Yerawada visited four elderly voters at home last week.
One of them said residents could cooperate and meet BLOs at their housing society offices or nearby locations instead of insisting on individual home visits. Pune: Booth-level officers (BLOs) are allegedly prodding citizens to visit election offices to submit documents against notices served under the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls instead of collecting them from home, as promised by Election Commission of India (ECI). BLOs passed the buck to citizens. They claimed that voters were often unavailable at home or did not answer calls. Some BLOs have continued door-to-door visits. You Can Also Check: Gold Rate in Pune | Silver Rate in Pune | Bank Holidays in Pune | Public Holidays in Pune | Petrol Price in Pune | Diesel Price in Pune | CNG Price in Pune | LPG Price in Pune
A voter in Kothrud decided not to visit the BLO’s office after receiving a notice. He expected the officer to come home as per ECI’s assurance. No one visited him till Monday. Under ECI’s revised procedure, BLOs are expected to collect supporting documents from voters at their homes and upload them on ECINET, allowing electoral registration officers (EROs) and assistant EROs to clear notices without routine personal hearings. The initiative is meant to spare voters, particularly senior citizens, the inconvenience of travelling to election offices.