Shobhit Srivastava, Lucknow. The Election Commission has taken a big decision to make the ongoing Special Intensive Review (SIR) campaign in the state more simple for the voters.
Notices will now be issued to 1.04 crore voters whose records are not found in the voter list of the year 2003. To provide relief to these voters, the Commission has given the right to the Booth Level Officer (BLO) to upload the certificates of voters through the 'BLO App', so that they will not have to visit the offices.
During SIR, records of about 1.04 crore voters in the state could not be found in the voter list of the year 2003. To ensure the identity of such voters, the Election Commission is now going to issue notices to them. BLOs will hand over this notice by visiting voters' homes. After receiving the notice, the voter will have to provide any one certificate from the list of 13 records prescribed by the Commission.
If you provide the certificate to the BLO at the time of notice and the BLO uploads it on the app immediately, then the race for voters will be saved. After this, the requirement for voters to appear personally before the Electoral Registration Officer (ERO) or Assistant Electoral Registration Officer (AERO) will be abolished.
The Election Commission has now made major preparations to issue notices and conduct the hearing process effectively. About 10 thousand officers have been put on duty. There are 403 assembly constituencies in the state, one ERO is already deployed in each.
Along with these, about 2,000 assistant EROs and 7,000 additional EROs have been deployed. Centers are being set up for hearing in all tehsils, blocks, municipalities, nagar panchayats and municipal corporations. The aim of the Commission is that no eligible voter should be deprived of becoming a voter and through the SIR campaign the voter list can become completely pure, updated and reliable.
Relief to Bihar voters living in the state
Major relief arrangements have been made during SIR for the voters of Bihar living in the state. If the name of any voter is recorded in the voter list prepared after SIR of Bihar, then it will be accepted as proof in the process related to voter list in the state. This will provide relief to a large number of migrant voters and will free them from the hassle of collecting additional documents.
The Election Commission has accepted these records