Ranchi, Oct 8 (PTI) The EC has extended the deadline for final publication of electoral rolls in Jharkhand under the SIR to November 30, CEO K Ravi Kumar said on Thursday.
The final publication was initially scheduled for October 7 and was later extended to October 19 before being revised to November 30, he said.
Kumar said the Jharkhand CEO’s office had sought additional time from the Election Commission (EC) to complete the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise following requests from district election officers (DEOs).
“The DEOs have been asked to ensure that all tasks related to the revision are completed in accordance with the timeline prescribed by the commission,” he said.
According to the revised schedule, the deadline for disposal of first and second notices in cases of non-mapping and logical discrepancies is October 22, while digitisation of all claims and objections is to be completed by October 31.
The deadline for disposal of all claims and objections is November 23, according to a statement issued by the CEO’s office.
The poll panel had earlier extended the deadline for filing claims and objections against deletion of names under the SIR to September 30.
The EC will organise camps at every polling station in the state on October 10 and conduct a special outreach campaign from October 12 to 16 to assist eligible people, including destitute women and persons with disabilities, in getting their names included in the electoral rolls, an official said.
The EC published the draft electoral rolls on August 5 after deleting 43.61 lakh names.
The state had 2.64 crore electors before the SIR exercise.
Following the revision, the draft electoral roll contains 2.21 crore voters, including 1.12 crore men, 1.08 crore women and 260 third-gender electors. PTI SAN SAN MNB
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