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ECINET Portal Upgraded: Delhi Voters Can Now Clear Notices Without Hearings
- •The Election Commission has updated its ECINET portal, allowing Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) in Delhi to approve voters for the final electoral roll without requiring documents or scheduled hearings.
- •A new dialogue box on the portal, active after September 30, enables EROs to mark voters as eligible, provided they upload a mandatory 'hearing order' confirming satisfaction with eligibility and completed verification.
- •This change addresses concerns about centralized controls and limited options for EROs, who previously faced challenges when voters struggled to produce documents within hearing periods.
- •The updated process streamlines voter inclusion; previously, EROs only uploaded hearing orders for voter removal or ineligibility, and the District Election Officer (DEO) was involved in 'no-mapping' cases.
- •Despite the new features, only fewer than 5 lakh of 33.1 lakh cases with notices have been disposed of, with a deadline of November 30 for clearance.
Key Questions Answered
The ECINET portal was updated with a new dialogue box allowing Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) to clear voters for inclusion in the final electoral roll without requiring physical documents or a scheduled hearing. Officers must upload a mandatory hearing order declaring their satisfaction with the voter's eligibility and completed verification.
Booth Level Officers (BLOs) conduct home visits to residences of electors who received discrepancy notices, collecting documents and uploading them to the unified ECINET portal. This eliminates the need for voters to attend in-person hearings at ERO offices except in exceptional circumstances.
Proceedings have been completed in fewer than five lakh of the 33.1 lakh total cases for which notices were issued during the Special Intensive Revision. The deadline for disposing of all remaining notices is set for November 30.
