New Delhi: The Election Commission Thursday extended the deadline for filing claims and objections for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) by 26 days, giving voters left out of the SIR draft rolls as well as first-time voters time till Nov 25 to seek inclusion.The final electoral roll, earlier scheduled for publication on Dec 4, will now be released on Dec 22.The period for filing claims and objections was to end on Oct 30. The deadline for the disposal of claims and objections was Nov 30. This has been extended to Dec 15.The decision was taken following a request from Delhi’s chief electoral officer (CEO), the poll panel said in its order.The extension will provide additional time to voters to check their names in the draft electoral rolls. Electoral registration officials will also have more time to process applications and complete verifications.The SIR began in Delhi on June 30. At the time, there were 1.45 crore voters on the rolls. On Aug 31, the office of the Delhi chief electoral officer released the draft SIR roll which had 97.5 lakh voters. The names of 47.6 lakh voters had been deleted.Since the publication of draft rolls, only 2.75 lakh people have filled Form 6.
