Over 13,000 BLOs hit the ground as SIR of voter list kicks off in Delhi
Booth level officers (BLOs) have been instructed to go door-to-door in the morning and early evening, including on Saturdays and Sundays when people are at home, officials said.
Read more: I am not against SIR but want ECI to answer Congress’ questions: Karnataka Min
Officials at the Delhi chief election officer (CEO) office said more than 13,000 BLOs have been deployed to carry out door-to-door voter verification drive for a month ending July 29.
Prominent political parties in Delhi are also participating in door-to-door survey through their booth level representatives (BLAs) to assist people in filling and submitting forms.
There are 13,033 polling stations in seven Lok Sabha and 70 Assembly constituencies in the national capital.
During Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, BLOs will give two copies of the enumeration form to each voter to fill in their details as per the last SIR in 2002. One of the forms will be kept as confirmation and the other will be returned to BLO. There is no need to submit any documents along with the numbering forms.
The form must be completed by each voter in order for their names to be included in the final voter rolls, which will be published on October 7.
According to the CEO’s office, the names of those who do not fill out the forms will be removed from the draft list to be released Aug. 5.
Each BLO will make at least three visits to any home found locked during a door-to-door survey.
Delhi has 1.45 crore voters, including 77.11 lakh male and 67.98 lakh female voters. The electoral rolls were frozen on June 16 and till then there were 1,45,10,298 registered voters in Delhi.
Read more: Karnataka: Congress treads cautiously as ECI prepares to launch month-long SIR on Tuesday
If any voter settles in Delhi after 2002, the person will have to fill the latest SIR details of the hometown where he/she is registered as a voter.
Electoral rolls of all states are available on the Election Commission’s portal.
Voters can also submit enumeration form details online.
