The Election Commission of India (ECI) has informed the Madras High Court that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Tamil Nadu will commence next week. The ECI made this submission during the hearing of a petition filed by former AIADMK MLA S. Sathyanarayanan, who had alleged that around 13,000 AIADMK supporters’ names were wrongly removed from the… Continue reading "SIR work to commence in TN in a week: ECI tells HC"
The Election Commission of India has introduced a new e-sign authentication system for its ECINet portal app, aiming to address controversies over voter list deletions. This technical upgrade requires anyone seeking registration, deletion, or correction of voter details to verify their identity using an Aadhaar-linked mobile number. Previously, individuals could submit requests by entering a voter photo identity card number… Continue reading "EC rolls out e-verification system to prevent misuse of voter name deletion"
The Election Commission (EC) has directed its state election officers to be prepared for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) by September 30, signaling that the voter list cleanup exercise could begin as early as October–November. According to officials, during a recent conference of state chief electoral officers (CEOs) in New Delhi, the EC top brass instructed them to gear up for… Continue reading "Get ready for SIR rollout by September 30: Election Commission tells State poll officers"
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Sunday called the Opposition’s allegations of “vote theft” during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and discrepancies in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Bihar’s electoral rolls false and baseless, saying that the public is being misled and the Constitution undermined through these charges, even as it again called upon Congress leader Rahul Gandhi… Continue reading "Produce evidence or withdraw remarks: CEC Gyanesh Kumar"
The Supreme Court on Tuesday began hearing petitions against the Election Commission’s (EC) special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar, with Justice Surya Kant stating that Aadhaar cannot be treated as proof of citizenship. The Supreme Court observed that the inclusion and exclusion of citizens and non-citizens from the electoral rolls falls within the remit of the… Continue reading "Aadhaar not proof of citizenship’: SC agrees with EC"
Amid a debate on the purity of electoral rolls, the Election Commission said on Thursday that the regular updating process of the voter list will be strengthened in close coordination with the birth and death registration authorities. Amid a debate on the purity of electoral rolls, the Election Commission said on Thursday that the regular updating process of the voter… Continue reading "Voter list updating to be strengthened in coordination with birth, death registration bodies: EC"
The Election Commission of India said that it is getting ready to link Electoral Photo Identity Cards (EPIC), or voter IDs, with the Aadhaar numbers of those who have provided them voluntarily. The poll panel said it will soon initiate technical consultations regarding the exercise with the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI). While, as per Article 326 of the… Continue reading "Election Commission to begin linking Voter ID card with Aadhaar"
The Election Commission has set a three-month deadline to resolve the decades-long duplicate voter ID issue in an effort to improve the accuracy of electoral rolls and ensure that each voter has only one valid identity. The poll body’s move comes after it found that some electors had been issued duplicate Electors Photo Identity Card (EPIC) numbers due to inconsistencies… Continue reading "Election Commission to fix duplicate voter ID numbers issue in 3 months"
Same electors photo identify card (EPIC) number does not imply duplicate or fake voters, the Election Commision of India (ECI) clarified. ECI released a statement explaining that an elector can only vote at the polling booth mentioned in his EPIC, which will be different even if the EPIC number is same. The EC added that to do away with this… Continue reading "Those who are having the same voter ID number are not bogus voters: ECI"
Tamil Nadu has a total electorate of 6,36,12,950, with women voters outnumbering male voters by 12.56 lakh, as per the data released by the Election Commission on Monday. According to the revised voter list, first-time or young voters (aged 18-19 years) account for 10.61 lakh of the electorate, while voters aged 80 years and above comprise 17.65 lakh in the… Continue reading "Tamil Nadu has 6.36 crore electors"