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The Election Commission (EC) said on Wednesday that more than half of the voters in most states of the country during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) will not need any documents, as their names are included in the voter list of the previous SIR.
According to officials, the last SIR in many states took place between 2002 and 2004 and the same will be a cut-off list. For example, the 2003 voter list in Bihar has been made the basis. Here 4.96 crore (60%) voters did not give any document, while about 3 crore (40%) had to be presented one of the 12 fixed documents.
The last SIR in Delhi took place in 2008 and in Uttarakhand in 2006. State election officials have been asked to make the old revised voter lists available on the website.
This picture is on August 17, when the Election Commission held a press conference in Delhi with the SIR in Bihar.
‘Declaration Form’ was also introduced for the first time
For the first time, ‘Declaration Form’ has also been brought, in which the new voters from outside or will give an oath that they were born in India before 1 July 1987. If born between 1 July 1987 to 2 December 2004, the birth of parents will have to be given evidence.
Nearly two lakh new BLOs will be added
The Election Commission wants to get SIR simultaneously in all states. However, based on the experiences from Bihar, the Commission will also improve its processes. According to commission sources,
Nearly two lakh new booth level officers (BLOs) will be added. It will be ensured that 250 houses must have at least one election representative. In the recent meeting, a roadmap of nationwide SIR is being prepared on the basis of input from the election officials of the states.
In this, a timeline will also be made to release draft and final voter list after filling voter form, filing claims and objections and reviewing documents. Sources in the Commission said that the exercise of nationwide SIR has no relation with the Bihar assembly elections.
States have received instructions to start preparations
Election officials of the states have been instructed to start preparations. As soon as the date is announced, the entire staff will get involved in the work. Intensive review in Assam, Manipur Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura, Jammu and Kashmir took place in 2005. The rest of the states took place in 2002-03. There was a thorough review in Maharashtra and Arunachal Pradesh in 2006-07 and in Delhi in 2008.
12 documents are valid in Bihar, there may be less and less in the rest of the states
Initially 11 documents were validated in SIR in Bihar. However, after the direction of the Supreme Court, the Aadhaar number is considered as the 12th document. According to Commission sources, in addition to these 12 documents, some documents can be reduced or increased according to the specifics of the states. Inputs have been taken from states for this.
Sources claim that taking lessons from SIR in Bihar can also be expanded in the timeline. For example, the duration of filling the voter form can be done up to 45 days instead of 30. Also, the same time can be given the same time to take claims and objections on the draft voter list. One month will be sufficient to check the documents. As such, this entire process of SIR can be completed within four to five months.
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