Voters can access ASDDO list online; submit forms by 8 August

The Story in Brief

Karnataka’s chief electoral officer V Anbukkumar has urged voters wrongly marked under the ASDDO (absent, shifted, dead, duplicate and others) list to collect enumeration forms from their BLOs or EROs and submit them by August 8. He said rollback of forms and further submissions via the BLO app will be allowed only until August 8, after which the app will be frozen; electors who miss the deadline will be excluded from the draft electoral rolls due on August 17. The CEO’s office has uploaded the Assembly constituency-wise ASDDO list on ceo.karnataka.gov.in for public checking.

Out of 5.54 crore electors issued enumeration forms, 1.11 crore are marked ASDDO and about 4.43 crore forms have been digitised, with 17,625 pending digitisation. In Bengaluru, roughly 54 lakh of 1.03 crore voters have submitted forms while about 49.42 lakh are in the ASDDO list. Voters may collect form 6 from BLOs for inclusion in the final rolls to be published on October 19; new voters who turn 18 on or before October 1, 2026 must submit form 6 with mapping details or an approved document. Authorities say 10 lakh form 6 copies were printed and 12.2 lakh applications have been received. Thirty-four lakh plus unmapped voters who submitted forms will be included in the draft but must provide documents during claims and objections.

The Indian Opinion

The publication of an online ASDDO list and the CEO’s appeal are practical steps to help electors verify their status, but the short deadline and an impending BLO app freeze may create pressure for those who have limited access to BLOs or the internet. The large ASDDO figure-about 1.11 crore-could reflect genuine cases of death, shifting or duplication as well as errors; readers should avoid assuming either explanation without verification. Details such as pending digitisation and the need for supporting documents for unmapped voters are important context. It is uncertain whether the printed supply of form 6 and the pace of digitisation will be sufficient for all affected electors before the deadline.

Original article: Now, voters can access ASDDO list online; last date to submit forms August 8 (www.deccanherald.com)

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