Special Intensive Revision begins in Tamil Nadu
The enumeration for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls began across the state on Tuesday.
The SIR is taking place in Tamil Nadu after a gap of two decades. The last SIR took place in Tamil Nadu in 2002 (197 Assembly constituencies) and 2005 (37 Assembly constituencies).
As part of this exercise, the house-to-house enumeration started on Tuesday, and this will go on till December 4. Booth-level officers (BLOs) will visit every household to distribute partially pre-filled enumeration forms in duplicate to all existing voters and guide them in filling the form. If BLO finds that any house is locked or closed, she/he will make at least three visits.
Voters may also download their enumeration forms and submit the filled-in forms online. The dates of the visits of the BLOs will be shared in advance and widely publicised in the locality by the electoral registration officers.
Meanwhile, CPI state secretary M Veerapandiyan, in a statement, alleged that the SIR has failed at the very outset since when the BLOs began distributing enumeration forms door-to-door, at 10 am, they found most houses locked or the eligible voters absent.