Odisha's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, aimed at ensuring a more accurate, transparent and error-free voter database, has gathered significant momentum, with the statewide exercise successfully entering its fifth day on Wednesday.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday inaugurated the second National Conference of Counsels representing the poll body at the India International Institute of Democracy and Election Management (IIIDEM), with a strong focus on electoral transparency, procedural safeguards and legal preparedness.
Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi led government is constructing a ‘leak-proof security grid,’ and wherever physical fencing is difficult, an impenetrable security cordon by deploying technological fencing is being established.
Maharashtra State Congress Committee President Harshwardhan Sapkal wrote to Maharashtra State Chief Electoral Officer S Chokalingam requesting that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) not be conducted during the Pandharpur Wari pilgrimage due to expected heavy rainfall.
The Court further said, “The consequence of such a determination is correspondingly limited.
The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voter list in Uttar Pradesh, conducted by the Election Commission of India (ECI) to verify names in the electoral rolls, has been completed.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) will start its Intensive Pre-SIR mapping drive in Uttarakhand on April 1 even as 85 per cent of mapping was over in the last campaign. Polling booths with lower mapping rates will be a special focus in the mapping drive.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday observed that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls had proceeded largely smoothly across the country, with concerns being raised mainly in West Bengal.
The much expected supplementary list of names under adjudication in the SIR would be published on Monday but not before 7 p.m. in the evening, the sources at the CEO office claimed.
The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) office is likely to publish the first set of names from the additional voter list following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process, with indications that the updated roll may be released as early as Friday.
