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Karnataka SIR: Poll panel extends form submission to August 17
The Election Commission has revised the schedule for Karnataka's Special Identity Register (SIR), giving voters an additional nine days to submit enumeration forms. The new deadline is August 17, Deccan Herald reports.
The Story in Brief
The Election Commission has revised the schedule for Karnataka's Special Identity Register (SIR), giving voters an additional nine days to submit enumeration forms. The new deadline is August 17, Deccan Herald reports.
Verification of the ASDDO (Absent, shifted, dead, duplicate and others) list, which has crossed 1.09 crore entries, will also be extended. The move aims to give more time for accurate data collection ahead of the electoral roll revision.
The Indian Opinion
This extension is practical, but the staggering 1.09 crore ASDDO entries raise questions about how many are genuine errors versus deliberate omissions. Some may spin this as a partisan move to manipulate rolls. The real test will be the final rejection rate of those forms: if a large chunk gets tossed after the deadline, the extension will have achieved little. Watch for the final enumeration figures released by the commission after August 17. They will reveal whether the extra time cleaned up the rolls or just postponed the inevitable disputes.
Source: deccanherald.com
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