With just five days remaining for the enumeration phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) to end, the number of voters listed as ‘untraceable’, ‘dead’ or ‘shifted’ in Kerala has risen to a little over 7.61 lakh, as per the latest updates.
Of the total 7,61,536 voters in this category, 3,41,393 are listed as ‘dead,’ 88,945 as ‘untraceable’ or ‘absent,’ while 2,79,196 are considered to have shifted permanently. There are also 44,758 voters whose names are duplicated in the list. ‘Others’ include 7,244 cases, according to the update provided by Chief Electoral Officer Rathan U. Kelkar on Saturday.
Such cases are referred to as ‘uncollectables,’ Mr. Kelkar said.
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If the booth-level officer (BLO) finds, based on verification, that the voter is deceased, the voter is marked as ‘dead’ under the uncollectables category. If local enquiry reveals that the voter has permanently shifted, the voter is marked as ‘permanently shifted or absent,’ as appropriate.
