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Nalanda to add dropped voters with door-to-door verification
The Election Commission will run a special drive in Nalanda district, Bihar, to add eligible voters and first-time young voters who were left out of the electoral roll. The campaign follows instructions from the Chief Electoral Officer, Bihar.
In the first phase, booth-level officers will compare old and current lists to identify voters whose names were removed. Officers will then visit homes to verify whether each person still lives at the address and is qualified to vote. Each officer will check 20 to 25 voters per week and complete the work within a month. Eligible citizens found during verification will fill Form-6 on the spot.
The draft list will be shared with recognised political parties for transparency. Special camps will be held at polling stations, night shelters, labour colonies and homeless settlements to ensure no eligible citizen is left out.
Indian Opinion Analysis
Nalanda’s drive addresses the gap between old and current voter rolls. Door-to-door verification by booth-level officers will determine how many eligible citizens were dropped. The checklist, absent, transferred, deceased and duplicate entries, shows the Election Commission is prioritising roll accuracy ahead of an election year. Political parties given the draft list suggest the process aims for cross-party credibility. The one-month deadline for field verification and on-the-spot Form-6 collection removes the usual bureaucratic delay. How many names are restored will test how smoothly the system recovers from past omissions.
Source: bhaskar.com
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