Last SIR was held over two decades ago, CEC Gyanesh Kumar said at press conference in Delhi; he noted that SIR has been carried out 8 times between 1951 & 2004. The Election Commission of India (EC) has announced a nationwide Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter rolls starting October 28. It will start with 12 states and union territories in what is being seen as Phase 2 of SIR. The SIR held in Bihar recently was Phase 1, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar announced.
The last SIR was held over two decades ago, Gyanesh Kumar said at the Monday press conference in New Delhi. He said SIR has been carried out eight times between 1951 and 2004. As first step that begins immediately voters in these states will be matched against the 2002/03/04 voting lists. At the pre-emuneration stage, enumeration forms for this will be filled out by booth-level officers (BLOs) who will go door-to-door at least thrice for each voter. Those temporarily having migrated, or busy during office hours, can fill these details online by themselves. “SIR will ensure no eligible elector is left out and no ineligible elector is included in poll rolls,” CEC Gyanesh Kumar said.
