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Commenting on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, Mr. Kumar said the exercise has already been completed for around 700 million voters, while verification of another 350 million voters is underway.
Gyanesh Kumar said elections in India are held "strictly as per the Constitution of India".
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The initiative aims to strengthen voter outreach, foster constitutional literacy among future voters and harness digital platforms for electoral operations
The scale of the ECI’s deletions in Telangana and Karnataka needs explanation
Amid the huge ongoing row over SIR and the role of the Election Commission, the poll regulator has moved to address a range of internal concerns over voter registration, electoral databases and the functioning of its technology systems.Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi took several decisions on these matters at a meeting on September 26. The move followed reports that Sandhu and Joshi had raised objections on at least 14 occasions over 10 months to certain decisions and orders, including some they said had been issued with
In the early 1950s, India was preparing for its first election. When officials prepared the electoral rolls, around 28 lakh women were deliberately left out.
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After SIR row, EC orders drive to find 'left-out' electors, re-enrol them
Election Commission Launches Special Drive To Add Left-Out Electors To Voter List
Recipients of the notices are 35 years old or older, which raises questions
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In a letter to the chief electoral officers, the ECI instructed a special drive to enrol left-out and first-time young electors
"Ganesh visarjan is over in Karnataka, Andhra and entire India. Now, Gyanesh Kumar visarjan remains," he told reporters here.
Functionaries said this week teams from the EC will visit Goa, followed by Uttarakhand next week. The EC officials will also visit Punjab and then Manipur in coming weeks.