Over 2 crore electors submit forms for electoral roll revision in state so far: EC
(ECI) stated Monday.
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In a press note, the ECI said that 1.18 crore forms had been collected in the past 24 hours itself, while 18 days were still left till the last date for submission of forms on July 25.
The electoral roll revision work in the state has been going on since June 25. The process of online uploading of forms is also going on smoothly, and 11.26% of the total forms of voters had been uploaded on ECINET portal till 6pm on Monday.
As per the ECI instructions on June 24, the draft voter list will be published on August 1.
It will include the names of only those people whose enumeration forms will be received by July 25. The SIR campaign is being carried on at full speed at the grassroots level with active cooperation of the voters, the ECI statement said.
The partially filled forms are available for download on https://voters.eci.gov.in and ECINET mobile app. Voters can also upload the form themselves, it said.
The ECI stated that 77,895 booth-level officers (BLOs) were going door-to-door and contacting voters to get the enumeration forms filled with the documents required.
Altogether 20,603 new BLOs are also being deployed to complete the process on time.
About 4 lakh volunteers (govt employees, NCC cadets, NSS members etc.) are active in the field to help the elderly, disabled, sick and vulnerable voters, the EC said.
Altogether 239 electoral registration officers (EROs), 963 assistant EROs, 38 district election officers and the chief electoral officer are working in all 243 assembly constituencies.
Besides, 1,54,977 booth-level agents, appointed by various political parties, are actively participating in the SIR process.
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