Vijayanagara launches Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls; draft list on August 5

Key points

• Deputy Commissioner and District Election Officer Kavita S.
• Mannikeri on Friday (June 5) said the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls is under way in Vijayanagara district in accordance with the directions of the Election Commission of India, with preparatory activities currently in progress.
• Addressing a press conference at the Deputy Commissioner’s office, Ms. Mannikeri said voters have until June 16 for inclusion, deletion and progeny mapping of names in the electoral rolls.
• The portal would thereafter be frozen and no modifications would be permitted until publication of the draft electoral roll.
• She said training of Booth Level Officers (BLOs), preparatory work and printing of forms would be carried out from June 20 to 29. Subsequently, BLOs would undertake a house-to-house verification drive from June 30 to July 29, during which they would visit every household three times, provide enumeration forms and obtain signatures from voters.