NEW DELHI: The last round of special camps for voter enrolment under the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls will be held on Sunday at all 14,947 polling stations, mostly located in govt and private educational institutions, across Delhi to facilitate the inclusion of eligible voters whose names are missing from the draft rolls published on Aug 31.The camps are being organised ahead of the Oct 30 deadline for filing claims and objections, after which the submission of Form 6 for inclusion of new voters will cease. “We urge residents to check their names in the draft rolls and submit Form 6 if their names are missing,” an election official said.
Oct 30 deadline to submit objections
Those seeking deletion of names of deceased, shifted or ineligible voters can submit Form 7, while Form 8 can be used for correction of personal details, shifting of residence or other changes in existing electoral entries. All claims and objections must be submitted by Oct 30,” said an election official.According to the office of the chief electoral officer (CEO), Delhi, a total of 2,50,754 Form 6 applications seeking enrolment have been received since the claims and objections period began on Aug 31. Names of a total of 47.6 lakh people were deleted from the draft electoral roll.To be sure, the 2.5 lakh forms also include first-time voters seeking to register themselves as voters. These applications will be disposed of by Nov 30.Among the 33 lakh voters who have been issued SIR notices over logical discrepancies in their names, such as those related to spelling of names and age-related discrepancies, besides those who were unmapped with the 2002 SIR, a total of 29.5 lakh SIR notices have been resolved and parked for inclusion in the final electoral rolls.An official said over 89,000 special camps have already been organised across polling stations during six previous rounds. Separate camps were held at schools, colleges and universities to enrol young voters aged 18-25 years.“Special enrolment drives were also conducted at around 200 night shelters and other locations for homeless people, transgender persons and sex workers. Camps were additionally organised for residents of recently demolished colonies, including Bela Estate, Jailorwala Bagh, Narela, Bawana, Mangolpuri and Wazirpur Industrial Area,” said an official.
