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3 BLO visits, one missed form, voter list trouble? Telangana SIR puts urban voters on alert Telangana is undertaking a Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. Booth-level officers are tasked with visiting every household to verify voter status. Challenges like locked houses and migrant populations may lead to voters being marked absent. Eligible voters can seek inclusion during the claims and objections period. Political parties are urging vigilance to prevent the deletion of genuine voters.

Nearly 40 pc of Hyderabad voters may receive SIR notices Nearly 40 pc of Hyderabad voters may receive SIR notices Hyderabad: The pre-Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Hyderabad and other districts of Telangana came to an end on Friday, June 12. According to a report published in Deccan Chronicle , 43.3 percent of the voters in Hyderabad are mapped with the 2002 SIR list. SIR mapping anomalies in Hyderabad As per the report, nearly 40 percent of the voters may receive notices due to anomalies in the mapping. Some of the anomalies that are being checked are: Name mismatch Age gap with parents less than 15 years or over 50 years Age gap with maternal/paternal grandparents less than 40 years More than six voters mapped with a single voter in the 2002 SIR list Age gap between siblings mapped with a voter in the 2002 SIR list of less than nine months Documents needed in case of anomalies Odisha, where SIR is going on, adopted the “panchnama” route to resolve anomalies. In the process, signatures of residents in the locality are used to validate disputed entries. Uttar Pradesh and other states, during its Phase 2 SIR, took a documentation route instead. Voters there were asked to estab…

Why Nearly 90 Lakh Telangana Voters Have Been Flagged Ahead of ... H YDERABAD: Nearly 40% of voters in Hyderabad district and 65% in neighbouring Medchal-Malkajgiri district may receive notices from election authorities ahead of the Special Intensive Revision ( SIR ) of the electoral roll. Advertisement Officials have placed these voters in the "anomalies" category. As a result, they may need to prove that they were enrolled during the 2002 SIR exercise. The verification process will begin on June 25. Election officials completed voter mapping on June 12. In Hyderabad district, they mapped only 46.15% of voters. Consequently, 21.86 lakh electors now fall under the anomaly category. In Medchal-Malkajgiri, officials mapped 43.3% of voters, leaving 12.89 lakh electors flagged for verification. Extramarital affair leads to husband's murder in Chevella; wife, paramour arrested Within Advertisement district, Secunderabad Cantonment recorded the highest anomaly rate at 52.92%. Amberpet followed with 48.95%. In contrast, Nampally reported the lowest anomaly rate at 28.8%. Similarly, in Medchal-Malkajgiri district, Medchal Assembly constituency recorded the lowest share of anomalous voters…

SIR explained: What Telangana voters need to know As Telangana gears up for a door-to-door verification of voters, the Special Intensive Revision has emerged as one of the most closely watched electoral exercises in recent years. While election officials describe it as a routine effort to improve the accuracy of voter lists, political parties and electors have raised questions about implementation and the treatment of anomalies in voter data

Under Shadow of 90 Lakh 'Anomaly' Voters and Amid Language ... - Dailyhunt H yderabad: The month-long house-to-house enumeration of voters under the third phase of the contentious special intensive revision (SIR) of voter rolls in the country began in Telangana on Thursday (June 25), with 89.88 lakh electors already flagged for 'anomalies' in their data. Advertisement Electors are to fill in their particulars in the enumeration forms the Election Commission (EC) will distribute and collect until July 24, including details of theirs or their relatives’ names as listed in the 2002 voter rolls. Though this process marks the start of the SIR’s public-facing phase, election officials had conducted a preliminary exercise over the past few months where they matched existing voters with the 2002 rolls. At 99.64 lakh, Telangana has a substantial number of electors who are unmapped to the 2002 rolls, making up 29% of the state’s 3.38 crore-strong electorate. Of the state’s 2.39 crore mapped electors, 89.88 lakh or 37.67% were flagged for anomalies. Telangana is among the 16 states and three Union territories where the EC is carrying out the third phase of its nationwide SIR, where unlike in…