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Karnataka poll panel extends voter list revision deadline to August 17
Karnataka's election commission has extended the deadline for completing the special voter list revision from August 8 to August 17, giving booth-level officers nine more days for house-to-house verification. The revised schedule…
The Story in Brief
Karnataka's election commission has extended the deadline for completing the special voter list revision from August 8 to August 17, giving booth-level officers nine more days for house-to-house verification. The revised schedule pushes the draft electoral roll publication to August 24 and final roll to October 27. The extension follows 1.09 crore electors being classified under the ASDDO category across the state.
Data shows Bengaluru has the worst problem with nearly 48.4 lakh (46.5% of 1.04 crore) voters marked in these categories. The city's BBMP South constituency leads with 10.87 lakh of 21.44 lakh electors (50.72%) flagged as absent, shifted, dead, duplicate or others. Statewide, the largest chunk of 66.14 lakh are permanently shifted voters, while 16.34 lakh are deceased. The commission has already digitised 4.44 crore forms (80.18% of total) and processed applications for additions, deletions and corrections.
The Indian Opinion
The lazy narrative here blames only the election machinery for the massive 1.09 crore voters marked Absent, Shifted, Dead, Duplicate or Others in Karnataka. But citizens must share the blame for not updating their addresses or removing dead relatives. The real test is whether the final list published on October 27 will actually clean out these ghosts. The 46.5% figure in Bengaluru shocks, but we need concrete proofs from BLOs, not just numbers. Will the poll panel publish names of deleted voters for public scrutiny?
Sources (2): deccanherald.com, hindustantimes.com
This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above.
Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources.
