Dimapur: The 1,57,752 electors left out of the draft electoral roll during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Nagaland have been given another opportunity to seek inclusion in the final list.
Before the SIR, Nagaland had 13,57,208 electors. However, the draft electoral roll published in the state on September 20 contained 12,06,457 names.
Of the 1,57,752 electors left out of the draft electoral roll, 1,23,749 were categorised as absent, permanently shifted or other; 28,944 were identified as deceased; and 5,059 as duplicate or multiple enrolments.
The ECI has asked the state election machinery, along with that of six other states, to publicise the fresh opportunity through newspapers, social media, official websites and public announcements.
It has also directed the authorities to establish a monitoring mechanism to ensure that no eligible elector is deprived of the opportunity to seek inclusion while preventing duplicate enrolments. An action-taken report has also been sought from the chief electoral officers.
In a letter dated November 6, the commission directed the chief electoral officers of the states to facilitate the submission of fresh enumeration forms by electors marked as absent, shifted, dead or duplicate (ASDD), whose forms were not received and whose names were consequently excluded from the draft roll.
The directive requires booth-wise lists of such electors to be displayed afresh on polling station notice boards, panchayat bhawans and urban local body offices.
The lists, along with the probable reasons for non-inclusion, must also be uploaded as readable PDF files on the respective chief electoral officers’ websites.
Those who have shifted within Nagaland need not submit Form 8 but must provide the enumeration form along with a statement indicating their new address and Assembly constituency, supported by proof of residence.
They may also approach the Booth Level Officer (BLO) of the polling station they have moved to.