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Karnataka extends electoral roll enumeration deadline to August 17
Karnataka's Chief Electoral Officer has extended the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls for the second time, pushing the enumeration deadline to August 17. The draft rolls will now be published on…
The Story in Brief
Karnataka's Chief Electoral Officer has extended the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls for the second time, pushing the enumeration deadline to August 17. The draft rolls will now be published on August 24 instead of August 17, with claims and objections accepted until September 23. The final electoral rolls are set for release on October 27.
The extension follows requests from civil society groups and Karnataka Congress chief BK Hariprasad, who argued that voters needed more time to check the Absent, Shifted, Duplicate, Dead and Others list and correct any errors. Voters wrongly listed in the ASDDO category can approach Booth Level Officers with documents until the new deadline.
The Indian Opinion
Many see the ASDDO list as a routine cleanup, but the Congress alleges it is a tool to quietly remove voters from the rolls. The truth will be in the numbers: if the final roll this October shows a suspicious drop in registered voters compared to the 2024 Lok Sabha list, the charge gains weight. Until then, extension or not, the real test is whether every wrongly tagged voter can actually get their name restored by the BLO on the ground.
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