BLOs to Conduct Door-to-Door Voter Mapping for a Month as Final List Due on Oct 7
Key Points:
- Voter list revision and mapping process to begin across Jharkhand from June 30
- 2003 voter list to serve as base; 12 documents accepted for fresh enrollment
- BLOs to go door-to-door for a month collecting data and verifying eligible voters
JAMSHEDPUR – The East Singhbhum district administration flagged off an awareness rath from the district headquarters on Friday as part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) campaign for the electoral rolls, with the Deputy Commissioner and District Election Officer formally launching the vehicle.
The Deputy Commissioner said the rath was being sent out to reach as many people as possible with information about the voter list revision process. Moreover, a key goal of the drive was to ensure that eligible voters who had been left out of the rolls were enrolled without delay. The administration aimed to ensure that no eligible voter remained excluded from the electoral list.
The voter list revision and voter mapping exercise in Jamshedpur and across Jharkhand was scheduled to begin on June 30. On the other hand, the final publication of the revised voter list was set for October 7. During this period, a special campaign would add eligible names, correct errors, and carry out necessary updates to the rolls.
The Deputy Commissioner acknowledged that various discussions had been taking place around the revision process. However, he clarified that the administration’s objective was simply to make the voter list more accurate and up to date. The 2003 voter list had been taken as the base document for this exercise.
If a person’s name did not appear in the 2003 list, they could still register by submitting any one of 12 specified documents through their respective Booth Level Officer, or BLO. In addition, BLOs would be conducting door-to-door voter mapping visits across the district for the next one month. During these visits, necessary information would be collected from citizens and eligible voters would be verified.
The Deputy Commissioner appealed to residents to extend full cooperation to the BLOs visiting their homes. Besides supporting the process, citizens were urged to ensure that the names of all eligible members of their families were included in the voter list. The district administration stated that its target was to leave no eligible voter out of the electoral rolls. The Special Intensive Revision drive was part of a broader push by the Election Commission of India to strengthen the accuracy of voter rolls ahead of future elections.
