Political parties In Kerala on Saturday expressly demanded the Election Commission of India (ECI) to urgently extend the schedule of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral roll in the State, asserting that the list of absent, shifted, deceased (ASD) voters is riddled with inaccuracies.
The demand, made at a weekly review meeting chaired by Chief Electoral Officer (Kerala) Rathan U. Kelkar, has come on the heels of the Supreme Court asking the ECI to take a sympathetic view of the representations seeking more time.
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With just five days to go for the draft electoral roll under SIR to be published, Kerala has a little over 24.08 lakh names in the ‘Uncollectable enumeration forms’ list prepared by the CEO’s office.
Of the 24,08,503 names in the list, 6,45,548 are listed as ‘untraceable,’ while 8,16,221 as ‘permanently shifted,’ while 1,60,830, are in the ‘others’ category, which includes people who have refused to accept or return the enumeration forms. The list also has 6,49,885 dead voters and 1,36,029 duplicated names.
