Election Commission of India: Preparations intensified amidst special intensive revision Bihar dispute of voter list after 15 years in Delhi

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News India Live, Digital Desk: Election Commission of India: Amidst the controversies related to the special intensive revision SIR process going on in Bihar, Delhi is also gearing up for a very special intensive revision in its voter lists after 15 years. The purpose of this exercise is to fully repair voter data, especially to remove impurities due to urbanization, migration and demographic changes. The official announcement from the Election Commission ECI is still waiting for the official announcement, but its preparations have started in Delhi. This revision would repeat the verification process from house to house on a large scale, as the last time in 2008. At that time also a revised voter list was prepared as a result of this practice. The goal of this upcoming revision aims to improve the accuracy of the list of more than 1.5 crore registered voters of Delhi. It is noteworthy that the Election Commission has decided to make special intensive revision in the entire country under its constitutional obligation to maintain the purity of voter lists. In Bihar, in the first phase of this process, a large number of voters were excluded from the draft list, which caused a lot of uproar in political circles. About 22 lakh dead voters, 36 lakh permanently transferred or unacceptable voters, and 7 lakh duplicate entries were removed.[5] However, the Election Commission has clarified that it is only a draft list and claims and objections will be accepted from August 1 to September 1. The Supreme Court is also monitoring the process and has suggested to the Election Commission that the Aadhaar and voter ID card should be accepted as valid documents of identity to collectively protect the voters from getting out of the list. The purpose of this intensive revision is to ensure that no eligible citizen is left out of the voter list and no unworthy person is in the list. It is necessary to ensure transparency and prepare an accurate, error-free voter list, as rapid urbanization and migration in the last two decades have led to massive changes in voter lists.

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