Meghalaya elections: 3,000 names deleted for dual entries

The election department recently identified around 100 names that had dual entries in the electoral roll and issued orders for their cancellation. However, when the RO set October 25 as the deadline for cancellation of dual entries, the number increased to thousands from each constituency and the deadline had to be extended.

The department has warned that registering of name in the electoral list from two constituencies is a crime and those found guilty of having their names in two constituencies would be arrested and jailed. Government employees, who are found guilty of registering their names from two constituencies, would lose their job besides being jailed.