Nagpur: Around 34,000 applications for addition, deletion and correction of names have already reached election officials across Nagpur city’s six assembly constituencies after publication of the SIR draft roll, as the administration shifts focus from enumeration to claims, objections and scrutiny of voters flagged during the exercise.
The applications include Forms 6, 7 and 8 received both online and offline. Nagpur North has received around 8,000 applications, Nagpur South 6,500, Nagpur South West 6,000, Nagpur East 5,500, Nagpur Central 5,000 and Nagpur West 3,000, taking the citywide tally to roughly 34,000, said officials, according to figures shared by Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) on Thursday.
Mahire said the administration was paying particular attention to “urban apathy”, with officials facing a different set of challenges in city constituencies where voter participation in electoral exercises can often be limited.
State Election Authorities Prepare to Issue Voter Notices
State election officials have announced that they have not yet begun issuing Systematic Identification and Rectification (SIR) notices. The delay is due to the state’s election authorities’ portal, which will generate these notices, still being inactive. Once the portal is operational, voters whose records are flagged as unmapped or containing anomalies will begin receiving notifications.
Those whose records were unmapped or carried anomalies, who number over 8 lakh voters in the district, are being issued notices for verification. The administration has identified 80 locations and deployed 207 AEROs for hearings in the city, which are expected to begin around Sept 20-21.
With a few weeks remaining for claims and objections, officials said the immediate priority is to get eligible city voters to check the draft roll and act rather than wait for the final list. At the same time, being present in the draft roll does not necessarily mean the SIR process is over for every voter.