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Hans India
2 days ago
- Politics
- Hans India
Pre-revision drive for flawless electoral roll update launched
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Electoral Officer C Sudharshan Reddy has directed District Collectors and Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) to complete all pre-revision activities for the upcoming Special Summary Revision (SSR) of electoral rolls, focusing on rationalising polling stations, filling vacant posts, and training officials, during a video conference on Monday. He said that, following Election Commission of India (ECI) guidelines, polling stations with over 1,200 electors must be rationalised to enhance voter accessibility, with surveys to identify new locations in high-rise buildings, group housing societies, and slum clusters. All vacant posts, including EROs, Assistant EROs, and Booth Level Officers (BLOs), must be filled immediately, with additional BLOs appointed for anticipated new polling stations. Comprehensive training on electoral laws, IT systems, and house-to-house verification is mandated for all officials. Sudharshan Reddy emphasised that the ECI's SSR guidelines highlight pre-revision activities as essential for ensuring accurate and credible electoral rolls. Rationalisation, per the ECI's Manual on Polling Stations 2020, aims to distribute electors equitably, ensuring families remain together at polling stations. Surveys will prioritise community halls in high-rise buildings, RWA colonies, and areas near slum clusters to improve polling access. He noted that the expected increase in polling stations necessitates additional BLOs to manage verification and assist electors with forms. Training programmes will equip EROs, AEROs, BLOs, and supervisors with knowledge of electoral laws and the latest IT applications for efficient data management. BLOs are tasked with house-to-house surveys to update electoral entries and facilitate form submissions.
Hans India
13-05-2025
- Politics
- Hans India
ECI resolves issue of similar voter card numbers in different states
New Delhi:Election Commission of India, EPIC number issue, voter ID correction, electoral roll update, voter card duplication, 2025 elections The official source said the issue cropped up because similar series were used by different Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) in such cases since 2005. To resolve this long-pending problem, the entire electoral database of over 99 crore electors was searched by CEOs of all the 36 States/UTs and EROs of all the 4,123 Assembly constituencies with 10.50 lakh polling stations. On average, there are about 1,000 electors per polling station. The figure of similar EPIC numbers found was miniscule, i.e. averaging to around 1 (one) in 4 (four) polling stations, said an official source. During the field-level verification, it was found that holders of such similar EPIC numbers were genuine electors in different Assembly constituencies and different polling stations. All such electors have since been issued new EPIC cards with new numbers. The genesis of the issue has been traced to 2005, when various States/ UTs were using Assembly Constituency-wise different alphanumeric series in a decentralised manner, the source said. These series had to be changed again in 2008, after delimitation of the constituencies. During this period, some Assembly Constituencies erroneously continued to use either the old series or, because of typographic errors, used the series allotted to some other constituencies. Every voter's name is in the electoral roll of the polling station, where he/she is an ordinary resident. Having an EPIC of a similar number never enabled any such person to vote at any other polling station. Thus, the issue of a similar EPIC could not have impacted the results of any elections, said the source. In February, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accused the BJP of manipulating the electoral rolls "with the blessings of the ECI" and enrolling people from Punjab, Haryana and Gujarat as electors in West Bengal. She had also asked her party leaders to find out the "fake voters".
