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The exercise, details of which were presented to all district election officers this week, will begin with three-day camps at all 12,543 polling stations from October 8 to 10, followed by house-to-house verification between October 12 and 20.

Tracing Uttarakhand’s 8.27 lakh ‘missing’ voters: What EC’s camps, house visits will check

October 08, 2026 5:40 am

Days after the final rolls were published, the Election Commission of India will trace voters missing from the final roll, verify their status and enrol eligible electors through Form 6

‘Only 389 of 1,016 voters left in 1 booth’: Karnataka Congress flags SIR concerns

September 18, 2026 9:29 am

The Karnataka Congress has demanded a statewide review of the SIR process, polling‑part‑wise statistical reports, special verification of unmapped voters, and stronger grievance redressal mechanisms.

India needs a smarter SIR. Aadhaar can help

September 15, 2026 12:20 pm

The EC should commission an Aadhaar-EPIC face-authentication application, with UIDAI, as the primary means of revising the rolls, and stop spending thousands of crores every cycle on a 19th-century method

Residents of Maheshtikri village in Godda district, Jharkhand, whose names were flagged for deletion from the electoral roll. After villagers learned about the attempt to delete their names, they approached the Block Development Office to lodge a complaint against the Booth Level Agent. (Express Photo)

Pattern in BJP agents' voter deletion requests. How Jharkhand officers saw it

September 02, 2026 6:24 pm

In Godda, one BJP agent burns 75 forms after booth level officer asks questions; CEO says BLO cannot refuse forms

People submit their documents to the Booth Level Officer during a special camp organized as part of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision of the electoral roll at Model Town in Patiala.

Over 2.09 lakh voters marked for deletion in Chandigarh Draft Electoral Roll under SIR

August 06, 2026 2:18 pm

Draft roll shows 31.76% proposed deletions; DC says revision process is still underway and eligible voters can seek inclusion before final roll

Under the law of estoppel, the government cannot deny citizenship to those to whom it had issued a passport or voter ID card, unless the same were obtained fraudulently.

Government says passport is not proof of citizenship. What is?

June 27, 2026 6:04 am

Since passports and voter ID cards can be issued only to citizens, why is there no presumption of citizenship? Is this not an official act?

Commissioner Ashwini Bhide's move comes after political parties raised concerns about voters being out of station during the school vacation period.

Mumbai’s first major voter roll revision in 24 years may face delay as BMC urges ECI to avoid May drive

May 13, 2026 3:15 pm

BMC Commissioner Ashwini Bhide's move comes after political parties raised concerns about voters being out of station during the school vacation period.