NT Reporter
Panaji
A month-long house-to-house verification drive will commence next week as booth level officers (BLOs) will move to re-enrol eligible citizens whose names were omitted during this year’s special intensive revision (SIR) process.
The campaign targets approximately 1.39 lakh deleted voters recorded during the SIR drive. Reinstatement depends on meeting specific eligibility conditions. Voters removed due to a lack of documentation or mapping discrepancies qualify to have their names restored upon verifying their credentials.
However, names of deceased individuals or citizens who have permanently relocated will remain excluded.
The initiative aims to address electoral roll deletions by physically visiting affected households and assisting residents in submitting Form 6 for reinstatement. Preliminary identification of deleted entries has already commenced across electoral divisions.
To identify omitted voters, election authorities are executing a comparison between the current roll and the SIR roll 2002.
BLOs are compiling localised lists of deleted individuals and family members prior to field visits.
Giving details of the verification framework, an election official stated: “The final roll and SIR roll will be compared… both the rolls will be compared and names will be seen which names are deleted.”
The official added that once BLOs compile these lists, “they will be going house to house along with Form 6” to facilitate direct voter re-enrolment.
The official clarified that if a voter’s name has been deleted due to lack of documents or lack of mapping, then the name may be reinserted.
While data identification is currently active, physical visits by BLOs will start next week as part of the month-long drive under administrative monitoring. Authorities anticipate that a significant portion of affected citizens will regain their voting right following verification.
“Those whose names have been deleted, they will be reinserted after the phase if they are fitting the criteria,” the official said.
