Election Fee Appoints New Observers for SIR Monitoring in Eight States, Together with Bengal and Tamil Nadu

So as to make sure that draft electoral rolls printed throughout the ongoing Particular Intensive Revision of voters’ lists are largely error-free, the Election Fee has appointed particular roll observers (SROs) in eight States.

The fee has additionally requested Chief Electoral Officers of all States and Union Territories to share the record of absent, shifted/lifeless and duplicate (ASD) voters with booth-level brokers of political events previous to the publication of the draft rolls.

Practically 5 lakh booth-level officers (BLO) of all of the 12 States and Union Territories, the place the SIR is presently below means, are holding booth-wise conferences with the greater than 12 lakh BLAs of political events handy over the ASD lists to them.

The BLO marks voters “absent, shifted or lifeless/duplicate” after three or extra visits to their homes.

That is to establish the precise standing of every such elector on the ASD record, in order that any error might be rectified earlier than the publication of the draft electoral rolls itself, a senior ECI official stated.

Even after publication of the draft electoral roll, the ASD record might be made out there on the web sites of the respective District Election Officers/District Magistrates (district-wise) in addition to on the web site of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO). This may even be out there in an EPIC-searchable mode..

Aside from this, the particular roll observers (SROs) appointed in eight States with a big voter base – West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan – have already begun their work. They’re anticipated to be current two days per week in these States till the ultimate electoral rolls are printed in February 2026. They’ll conduct conferences with the State-level and district-level management of all of the nationwide and State political events.

The SROs may even attend conferences with the CEOs and DEOs of the States both bodily or nearly to make sure that the complete course of is accomplished in a easy, clear and participatory method.

The draft lists for the 12 States and Union Territories are scheduled to be printed between December 16 and December 31.