Voter list updating to be strengthened in coordination with birth, death registration bodies: 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 list will be strengthened in close coordination with the birth and death registration authorities.
“Regular updation of the voter list shall be strengthened in close coordination with the birth and death registration authorities,” the EC said in a statement.
In the EC’s interactions with political parties, it was clarified that any inclusion or deletion in the draft elector list is governed by the process of appeals under relevant legal provisions for filing claims and objections available to all political parties in the Representation of People act, 1950.
In the absence of such appeals, the list as prepared by the electoral registration officer (ERO) prevails.
The EC recalled that merely 89 first appeals and just a single second appeal were filed after the completion of the Special Summary Revision exercise in January.