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India Today
a day ago
- Politics
- India Today
Poll body to go door-to-door nationwide to remove illegal migrants from voter list
The Election Commission of India (ECI) will now conduct door-to-door verification of voter lists across the country, starting with Bihar. This intensive voter list survey aims to ensure the integrity of electoral rolls by identifying and removing the names of illegal migrants and ineligible Bihar, the first state to undergo this exercise, voters who were enroled in the 2003 voter list will not be required to submit any documents. This group includes around 5 crore individuals. However, those who enroled after 2003 will have to submit valid documents to prove their identity and eligibility. In some other states, the cut-off year will be the 2004 voter verification is part of a special intensive revision that the ECI is launching in six states: Bihar, Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal, all of which are scheduled to hold Assembly elections either this year or in early 2026. While Bihar goes to the polls in October-November 2025, the remaining states are set for elections in March-April 2026. The opposition parties have raised concerns about political bias in this move, while the Commission maintains that it is a constitutional responsibility to ensure fair and clean ECI has assured that all steps taken will strictly follow the legal framework laid down in Article 326 of the Constitution and Section 16 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950. WhileThe Commission's move focusses on identifying illegal foreign migrants who have entered the voter list using fake documents. It comes amid ongoing actions in several states against Bangladeshi and Rohingya officers will visit households for physical verification of voters. Special emphasis will be placed on verifying those who have migrated into the state from elsewhere or are first-time applicants. All such individuals must submit a declaration form with documentary proof of will need to prove that they were born in India before July 1, 1987. If they were born between July 1, 1987, and December 2, 2004, they must also provide documents establishing their parents' date and place of is the first intensive voter list revision in Bihar since Commission highlighted that multiple factors such as rapid urbanisation, frequent migration, deaths not being reported, and increasing cases of fraudulent voter registrations have made it necessary to conduct this detailed verification to maintain the purity of electoral rolls.- EndsMust Watch
Time of India
3 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
EC to begin intensive review of voters' list in five more states by year-end
After Bihar , the Election Commission is set to carry out an intensive review of electoral rolls by the end of this year in five states which are going to polls in 2026. Eventually, the poll authority will begin special intensive revision in the entire country "for the discharge of its constitutional mandate to protect the integrity of the electoral rolls". As part of the intense review, poll officials will carry out house-to-house verification to ensure an error-free voters list. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Join new Free to Play WWII MMO War Thunder War Thunder Play Now Undo The terms of the legislative assemblies of Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal are ending in May-June next year and an intensive review of the electoral rolls in these states will commence by end of the year, officials said. However, since assembly polls in Bihar are due later this year, the EC decided to conduct special intensive revision there immediately. Live Events Amid allegations by opposition parties that the EC has fudged voter data to help the BJP , the poll panel has taken additional steps in the intensive revision to ensure illegal migrants do not get enrolled in the voters list. An additional 'declaration form' has been introduced for a category of applicants seeking to become electors or shifting from outside the state. They will have to undertake that they were born in India before July 1, 1987 and provide any document establishing date of birth and/or place of birth. One of the options listed in the declaration form is that they were born in India between July 1, 1987 and December 2, 2004. They will also have to submit documents about the date/place of birth of their parents. The last intensive revision for Bihar was conducted in 2003. The EC said multiple reasons such as rapid urbanisation, frequent migration, young citizens becoming eligible to vote, non-reporting of deaths and inclusion of the names of foreign illegal immigrants have necessitated the conduct of the revision to ensure integrity and preparation of error-free electoral rolls. Booth-level officers will conduct house-to-house survey for verification during the intensive revision process. While conducting the special revision, the EC will scrupulously adhere to the constitutional and legal provisions regarding eligibility to be registered as a voter and disqualifications for registration in an electoral roll which are clearly laid down in Article 326 of the Constitution and Section 16 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950, respectively, the poll authority said.
Indian Express
3 days ago
- Politics
- Indian Express
Starting with Bihar, fresh electoral rolls: Proof of birth date for those not in 2003 list
Paving the way for a nationwide exercise, the Election Commission announced Tuesday a 'special intensive revision' of the electoral roll in poll-bound Bihar, where all existing electors who were not on the rolls in 2003 will have to again provide documentation proving their eligibility. The enumeration form will require those electors born before July 1, 1987 to provide a document establishing date and/or place of birth. Apart from that, for those born between July 1, 1987 and December 2, 2004, a date of birth and/or place proof of the mother or father will be required and for those born after December 2, 2004, date of birth proof and/or place of both parents will be needed. These categories, EC sources said, have been devised in line with the Citizenship Act, 1955. In its order issued Tuesday, the EC said it was empowered by the Representation of the People Act, 1950 to direct a special intensive revision of the electoral rolls 'including preparation of electoral rolls afresh'. As per the order, the EC had exercised this power 13 times before – from 1952-56 to 2004. 'Therefore, the Commission has now decided to begin the Special Intensive Revision in the entire country for the discharge of its constitutional mandate to protect the integrity of the electoral rolls; However, since the General Elections to the Legislative Assembly in the State of Bihar is expected in later part of this year, hence the Commission has decided to conduct Special Intensive Revision in the State of Bihar,' it said. The EC order said the last intensive revision in Bihar was in 2003, with the qualifying date of January 1, 2003. For the upcoming exercise, the Electoral Registration Officers in Bihar would take that as 'probative evidence of eligibility, including presumption of citizenship unless they receive any other input otherwise. Any person whose name is not recorded in the 2003 Electoral Roll for the purpose of registration in the electoral roll is required to submit from amongst a wide range of eligible government documents as prescribed for establishing their eligibility to be an elector.' As per the instructions issued by the EC to the Bihar Chief Electoral Officer, the process will start from Wednesday, ending with the publication of the draft roll on August 1, followed by a month for filing claims and objections till September 1. The final electoral roll is scheduled to be published on September 30. According to the EC, all electors will be required to submit a pre-filled enumeration form with required documents either to the respective Booth Level Officers or upload the same onto the EC's app. The EC issued the instructions to Bihar authorities Tuesday, with the objective that all eligible citizens are enrolled in the electoral roll, no ineligible person is included and there is complete transparency in the deletion and addition of electors, the EC said in a statement. 'The last intensive revision for Bihar was conducted by the Commission in the year 2003. Various reasons such as rapid urbanisation, frequent migration, young citizens becoming eligible to vote, non-reporting of deaths and inclusion of the names of foreign illegal immigrants have necessitated the conduct of an intensive revision so as to ensure integrity and preparation of error-free electoral rolls. The BLOs shall be conducting house-to-house survey for verification during the process of this intensive revision,' the EC said. It said the Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) do verify that the electors being enrolled are eligible as per Section 23 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950. But, now the EC was introducing a new measure – uploading the documents submitted by the electors, for instance as address proof, on the ECI's app ECINET. 'Now, to ensure complete transparency, it would be necessary that the documents on the basis of which such satisfaction of ERO is arrived at, are also uploaded in ECINET as the current level of technology enables so. However, these documents shall be accessible to authorised election officials only keeping in view the privacy issues. In case of any claims and objections raised by any political party or an elector, the AERO would inquire into the same before EROs satisfaction is arrived at. Under Section 24 of the Act, an appeal against the order of ERO can also be made to the District Magistrate and the Chief Electoral Officer,' the EC said. This move comes at a time when the commission is facing questions from the Opposition, including recently from Congress leader and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, regarding the purity of the electoral roll in some states. 'While all efforts shall be made by the Election Commission of India that the revision process is carried out in a smooth manner causing minimum inconvenience to the electors, ECI shall be seeking active involvement of all political parties in the process by appointing their Booth Level Agents (BLAs) in all polling booths. The active participation of BLAs would ensure that discrepancies, if any, are resolved at the preparation stage itself, thereby reducing the instances of filing claims, objections and appeals,' the EC said. As per the instructions issued by the EC, the EROs will print out pre-filled enumeration forms for all existing electors as on the date of the order. The BLOs will then take these forms and distribute them to the electors through home visits. The forms will also be available on the ECI website and ECINET app. The BLOs will help the electors fill the forms and collect the completed forms, along with required documents, it said. The electors can also upload the filled forms and documents online. 'Draft Electoral Roll to be prepared of all electors whose EF (enumeration form) have been received,' it said. As of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Bihar had 7.72 crore registered electors. The EC instructions state that the BLO will have to make at least three visits to collect the filled forms and that any deletion should not be done without conducting the statutory inquiry. EC sources, however, said that the electors whose forms are not received in the prescribed time frame will be deleted from the draft roll. They will have the opportunity to file an appeal. Meanwhile, the EC issued another set of instructions to states Tuesday, changing the protocol for dealing with the EVMs and VVPATs in which the votes cast during the pre-polling mock poll is somehow not deleted or the slips not removed. So far, such machines were set aside and not counted if the margin of victory of the winning candidate was more than the number of votes. This, EC sources, led to a mismatch between the total votes polled and votes counted. Now, the EC has instructed CEOs to keep such machines aside and count them on a separate table. The mock poll votes as recorded in the mock poll certificate would be subtracted to arrive at the candidate-wise count for these machines as well. The presiding officer and polling officer of the polling station concerned will face disciplinary action if the mock poll is not erased from the control unit of the EVM or VVPAT slips of the mock poll are not removed, the EC said. Damini Nath is an Assistant Editor with the national bureau of The Indian Express. She covers the housing and urban affairs and Election Commission beats. She has 11 years of experience as a reporter and sub-editor. Before joining The Indian Express in 2022, she was a reporter with The Hindu's national bureau covering culture, social justice, housing and urban affairs and the Election Commission. ... Read More
NDTV
3 days ago
- Politics
- NDTV
Poll Body To Begin Special Intensive Revision Of Electoral Rolls In Bihar
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Monday issued instructions to carry out a Special Intensive Revision in Bihar to weed out ineligible names and ensure all eligible citizens are included in the electoral roll, allowing them to exercise their franchise in the polls slated later this year. Amid allegations of voter data being fudged to help the BJP, the exercise also introduces complete transparency in the process of addition or deletion of electors in the rolls. The last intensive revision for Bihar was conducted in 2003. The Election Commission said multiple reasons such as rapid urbanisation, frequent migration, young citizens becoming eligible to vote, non-reporting of deaths and inclusion of the names of foreign illegal immigrants have necessitated the conduct of the revision to ensure integrity and preparation of error-free electoral rolls. Booth-level officers will conduct house-to-house survey for verification during the intensive revision process. While conducting the special revision, EC will scrupulously adhere to the constitutional and legal provisions regarding eligibility to be registered as a voter and disqualifications for registration in an electoral roll which are clearly laid down in Article 326 of the Constitution and Section 16 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950, respectively, the poll authority said.
Geek Dad
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Geek Dad
Review-Los Monstruos #2- Mysteries and Mummies
Los Monstruos #2 Writer: James Robinson Artist: Jesus Merino Colorist: K.J. Diaz Letterer: Jim Campbell Cover Artist: Jesus Merino It is 1950 and a mystery is unfolding at Los Monstruos (The Monster′s city), haven for all our nightmares, home and resting place for vampires, werewolves, snake gods and many other forms of nightmarish terror. Werewolf P.I. Perry Cutter is looking for a vamp. Her old boyfriend, a human now almost dead, wants to know her whereabouts before he is gone forever. They lost contact when the partition firmly put monsters on one side of the fence and humans on the other. However, rumor has it that this gal was once the lover of mob boss and casino owner Ramses Ra himself. Ramses Ra agrees to meet with Cutter, only to give him another mission he will not be able to refuse: when the vampire girl left Ramses, she eloped with a particularly important ledger. The vampire gang, the Blood Boy, is also involved to add danger to the mission. The mystery deepens. Also, will the werewolf detective have a date with Rosie, the vampire diner waitress of his dreams? After paying a visit to his ex-partner, one who has more stitches than seem possibly comfortable on a huge man like him…everything can happen. Ah, Los Monstruos, what a city! Los Monstruos #2 is on sale since June 18, 2025. Genre: Horror, Fantasy, Occult & Supernatural Crime/Mystery Format: FC, 32 pages; Miniseries Price: $3.99 Age range: 16+ UPC: 7 61568 01405 1 00211
