Panaji, Oct 4 (PTI) Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls is a legal and constitutional exercise to ensure only genuine voters remain on the voters list, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on Sunday.
In a post on X, Sawant said the SIR being conducted by the Election Commission aims to address changes in electoral rolls caused by urbanisation, migration, unreported deaths and the addition of new voters over the past two decades.
“The ECI’s SIR is fully within the law,” Sawant said, referring to Article 324 of the Constitution and Section 21(3) of the Representation of the People Act, 1950.
He said the reasons for revising electoral rolls are recorded and that the exercise is open to judicial review, adding that the Supreme Court had upheld it.
Explaining the need for the revision, Sawant said electoral rolls had “drifted” over the past 20 years due to several factors, including migration, unreported deaths and what he described as illegal immigrants.
He said the exercise would help remove duplicate and deceased voters from the rolls and ensure “one person, one vote”.
“A clean voter list means your vote counts for what it truly should,” Sawant said, describing SIR as a constitutional process backed by law that would strengthen democracy. PTI RPS NSK
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