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EC to Review Voter List Revision Decisions Amidst Scrutiny
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News18•30-09-2026, 15:30
EC to Review Voter List Revision Decisions Amidst Scrutiny
- •The Election Commission will meet on Wednesday evening to review decisions made last week, primarily concerning the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voter list.
- •Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi are scheduled to attend the review meeting.
- •Following questions regarding its handling of the SIR exercise, the poll authority has decided that individuals will no longer need to appear for hearings regarding discrepancies in their SIR forms.
- •In states where SIR is already complete, the online Form 6 for new voters will no longer require a declaration seeking parents' details from the last poll roll revision.
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The poll authority decided that people will no longer be required to personally appear for a hearing before poll officials for discrepancies found in their SIR forms.
In states where the Special Intensive Revision has already been completed, the online version of Form 6 for new voters will exclude the declaration that asks for details of their parents from the previous poll roll revision.
The review meeting was attended by Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar along with election commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi.
