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Time of India
a day ago
- Politics
- Time of India
2002 base yr for intensive revision of state poll roll
Nashik: Maharashtra will use 2002 as the cut-off year for an intensive electoral roll revision when the Election Commission of India initiates Bihar-like checks in the state, chief electoral officer S Chockalingam told TOI. He said the last intensive revision was conducted in 2002, which will serve as the basis for the upcoming revision in Maharashtra. The assembly constituency-wise data from 2002 has been forwarded to the EC. The officer explained that in Bihar, the last intensive revision took place in 2003, and that year has been selected as the cut-off for the current special intensive revision ahead of assembly elections. You Can Also Check: Mumbai AQI | Weather in Mumbai | Bank Holidays in Mumbai | Public Holidays in Mumbai Chockalingam said, "The intensive review is held periodically after 20-25 years. In Maharashtra, it was last done in 2002. Hence, the electoral roll of 2002 will be the basis of the future intensive revision. The timeline and schedule will be decided by the EC." Officials from the election office told TOI that the intensive revision will help eliminate fake names from the roll. Shashikant Mangrule, the deputy district election officer of Nashik, said master trainers for booth-level officers have been trained for the intensive revision and are now training BLOs locally. Chockalingam added that BLOs must visit every home to verify each voter on the current electoral roll during the intensive revision. The exercise is managed through a mobile application provided by the EC. "Every voter has to be verified. The task is huge and time-consuming. Voters whose names were in the last intensive revision in 2002 in Maharashtra are only required to personally sign a form. However, people whose names were added later have to provide proof of residence and citizenship to the BLOs during the exercise aimed at removing voters who have died or permanently shifted," the officer said. Chockalingam said training for BLOs was on and included familiarisation with all types of revisions, including summary and intensive revisions.
Time of India
a day ago
- Politics
- Time of India
Maharashtra to use 2002 as base year for intensive electoral roll revision, says Chockalingam
Nashik: Maharashtra will use 2002 as the cut-off year for an intensive electoral roll revision when the initiates Bihar-like checks in the state, chief electoral officer S Chockalingam told TOI. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now He said the last intensive revision was conducted in 2002, which will serve as the basis for the upcoming revision in Maharashtra. The assembly constituency-wise data from 2002 has been forwarded to the EC. The officer explained that in Bihar, the last intensive revision took place in 2003, and that year has been selected as the cut-off for the current 'special intensive revision' ahead of the assembly elections in the northern state. Chockalingam said, "The intensive review is held periodically after 20-25 years. In Maharashtra, it was last done in 2002. Hence, the electoral roll of 2002 will be the basis of the future intensive revision. The timeline and schedule will be decided by the EC." Senior officials from the election office told TOI that the intensive revision will help eliminate fake names from the electoral roll. Shashikant Mangrule, the deputy district election officer of Nashik, said master trainers for booth-level officers have been trained for the intensive revision and are now training BLOs locally. Chockalingam added that BLOs must visit every home to verify each voter on the current electoral roll during the intensive revision. The exercise is managed through a mobile application provided by the EC. "Every voter has to be verified. The task is huge and time-consuming. Voters whose names were in the last intensive revision in 2002 in Maharashtra are only required to personally sign a form. However, people whose names were added later have to provide proof of residence and citizenship to the BLOs during the exercise aimed at removing voters who have died or permanently shifted," the officer said. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Chockalingam said training for BLOs was on and included familiarisation with all types of revisions, including summary and intensive revisions. Mangrule said voter data from 2002, according to the then-existing assembly segments, had been sent to the EC. "The EC has also started training master trainers who will, in turn, guide the BLOs for the exercise. They have been asked to be ready for the exercise, though the decision has not been announced yet," he said. Sagar Shirke, the talathi of Ojhar village in Niphad taluka, who attended the training, said: "We were told about the exercise going on in Bihar. We were explained how it has to be conducted, how to edit the pre-filled information of the existing voters, how to add, verify and submit documents." He added, "We have been asked to be ready for a house-to-house survey, which does not happen in summary revision. In the usual summary revision, we are limited to filling in various forms of addition, shifting, and deletion of voters' names."
