SIR in Maharashtra explained: Deadline, camps and online options
Maharashtra's Chief Electoral Officer has announced voter registration camps at all polling stations on October 10 and 11, ahead of the October 12 deadline for claims, objections and new enrolment in the Special Intensive Revision.
The Special Intensive Revision is the Election Commission’s re-verification of electoral rolls.
In Maharashtra, claims and objections close on October 12.
Camps are on October 10 and 11 at polling stations.
Online applications can be made at voters.eci.gov.in.
Keep supporting documents ready.
From October 5 to 9, special camps were held at all colleges and universities in the state.
Booth Level Officers helped students to fill in application forms and answered their questions at the campus camps.
Booth Level Officers have also been visiting homes to identify eligible citizens missing from the draft electoral roll.
They collect Form 6 after verifying eligibility.
Form 6 is the form that eligible citizens use to apply for inclusion in the electoral roll.
People who have moved and appear on the absent or migrated list compiled during house-to-house enumeration can apply for re-enrolment or correction.
That list is available on the website of the Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra, at ceoelection.maharashtra.gov.in.
Applications can be handed to the Electoral Registration Officer, the Assistant Electoral Registration Officer, the local Booth Level Officer or a designated polling station on camp days.
Applications can also be submitted online through the Election Commission’s voter services portal, voters.eci.gov.in, or the ECINET mobile app.
The office has appealed to people to apply digitally where they can, according to The Hans India.
Electoral Registration Officers will process complete applications with the required supporting documents for inclusion in the assembly constituency voter lists.
On October 5, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis defended the SIR as a routine but essential process that needs periodic, in-depth verification so that no eligible citizen is excluded.
The Supreme Court heard petitions on the Special Intensive Revision on October 5, and on the Form 6 declaration used in it.
Applicants should keep their supporting documents ready, because incomplete applications cannot be processed.
Women queueing to vote (representative image), Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0
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