Animated illustration of election officials conducting Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, verifying voter records and updating registration details at a polling office
Of the 90.80 lakh voters on the rolls before SIR, around 28 lakh have been included in the absent, shifted, dead and duplicate list, she said. The final electoral roll will be published on Nov 4.
A comprehensive electoral roll will be prepared under this programme,” Teli-Ugale said. Teli-Ugale said discrepancies in a voter’s name, address or photograph in the draft roll could be corrected through the BLO’s app. Pune: Senior citizens and persons with disabilities falling in the unmapped and logical discrepancy categories, who cannot attend SIR hearings, can submit documents through their representatives. Speaking at a review meeting with political party representatives, she directed officials to select hearing venues convenient for voters and publish the schedule on the website after notices are generated through the portal. She appealed to political parties to cooperate with the administration to ensure every eligible voter is included in the final roll. Political parties should tell voters to keep the required documents ready for hearings, while booth- level agents should verify the draft rolls.
Election officials will visit their homes to collect the papers if the representatives too can’t be present, divisional commissioner and electoral roll observer Sheetal Teli-Ugale said on Thursday.
They should not succumb to any inducement, she said. Deputy collector Minal Kalaskar said meetings with political parties were held every week. Officials have been instructed to conduct hearings impartially, guide voters courteously and securely preserve all hearing-related records. She made a presentation of the draft roll, ASDD list, pre-SIR electorate and manpower deployed for the exercise. Representatives of all political parties attended the meeting.