Kolkata, Jan 30 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI), on Friday, announced the change of responsibilities of the micro-observers engaged in the review of the hearings on claims and objections regarding the draft voters’ list in West Bengal, which is the current stage of the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR). As of now, the micro-observers had been deputed at the different hearing centres to supervise whether the hearing sessions were being conducted as per the guidelines set by t…
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Kolkata, Jan 30 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has expressed mixed reactions to the current phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, particularly the hearings on claims and objections to the draft voters’ list.While the Commission is happy with the progress of the hearing sessions, it has raised serious concerns over the slow uploading of supporting identity documents submitted by voters who appeared for the hearings.Of the 1.62 crore vote…
Kolkata, Jan 25 (IANS) The electoral registration officers (EROs) engaged in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal will need to obtain final clearance from the special roll observers (SROs) before uploading the voters’ names into the final electoral list.However, this restriction will only apply in cases of those voters who have appeared for hearings on claims and objections to the draft voters’ list, after being identified as “unmapped” or in the “logical discrepan…
Kolkata, Jan 21 (IANS) The 12 additional Special Roll Observers (SROs) appointed for West Bengal by the Election Commission of India on Tuesday night to review the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the state, are being sent to the state with specific assignment to specially focus on districts having International Borders with Bangladesh and districts with abnormally high number of “logical discrepancy” cases.The eight districts specially identified under these categories are Malda,…
Kolkata, Jan 17 (IANS) Amid controversies over the identity-proof document verification during SIR, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has directed the Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) and the District Magistrates (DMs), who are also the District Electoral Officers (DEOs), to send separate reports on the progress of document verification daily henceforth.The Commission, at the same time, had also directed the EROs and DEOs to follow a two-stage document verification process, the first …
Kolkata, Jan 13 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has clarified its plans to appoint 2,000 additional micro-observers for the hearing session on claims and objections to the draft voters’ list in West Bengal, and to consider a proposal to increase the number of hearing centres.An insider from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) explained that the decision to appoint these 2,000 additional micro-observers had been taken not just because such a large number of “logical …
Kolkata, Jan 12 (IANS) The Election Commission of India has cautioned the micro-observers in West Bengal of strong disciplinary action in case of any deliberate deviation from the ECI-prescribed standard operating procedure (SOP) for them.The micro-observers have been appointed for the supervision of the hearing sessions on claims and objections on the draft voters’ list, which is the ongoing second level of the three-stage Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the state.The development is signi…
Lucknow, Dec 30 (IANS) The ECI has issued revised dates for the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the Uttar Pradesh, based on the qualifying date of January 1, 2026, with final publication of voters’ list now scheduled for March 6, 2026, an official said on TuesdayThe CEO, Uttar Pradesh, in a statement issued on social media, said that as per the revised dates, the draft publication of the electoral roll will now be done on January 6, 2026.“The period for receivi…