SIR explained: What Telangana voters need to know
As Telangana gears up for a door-to-door verification of voters, the Special Intensive Revision has emerged as one of the most closely watched electoral exercises in recent years. While election officials describe it as a routine effort to improve the accuracy of voter lists, political parties and electors have raised questions about implementation and the treatment of anomalies in voter data
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Holding a voter ID card, an official checks electoral details related to SIR. | Photo Credit: RAMAKRISHNA G.
The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has generated considerable interest and confusion among voters. The process involves linking current voter records with the 2002 electoral rolls, submitting declarations and, in some cases, furnishing supporting documents. From the purpose of the exercise to the concerns raised by political parties, here are answers to some frequently asked questions:
Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has been taken up by the Election Commission of India to update and correct voters’ list. SIR has already been done eight times from 1951 till 2004, says the Election Commission of India on its website. The last SIR conducted in area that is now Telangana was in 2002. In the past, the electors’ data used to be collected from scratch while since 2002, the process has been modernised, with updates made to the existing data.
Electoral rolls need to be cleaned up to prevent duplication, remove names of deceased voters and make corrections to the existing data, in order to maintain sanctity of the democratic process. Its door-to-door approach makes it different from the Special Summary Revision of electoral rolls conducted on a regular basis.
SIR is being conducted with pre-printed enumeration forms which are brought to the elector’s doorstep by the Booth Level Officers (BLOs) appointed for each polling station. In Telangana, the door-to-door visits by BLOs will start from June 25 and continue up to July 24. Every BLO, covering about 1,000 electors, needs to visit each household at least thrice during this period — to give enumeration forms, assist in the process of filling up forms and to collect the forms back. The BLO will also assist the electors in mapping their entry with 2002 electoral rolls, which is made mandatory in the latest SIR.
In case of fresh voters, the BLOs will also provide Form-6 along with the decla
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