The Nagpur district administration, on Thursday, announced an extensive door-to-door verification drive under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR)-2026 of the electoral roll, covering 46,38,589 voters across 4,610 polling booths. Addressing a press conference at Niyojan Bhawan, District Collector Kumar Ashirwad said, Booth Level Officers (BLOs) would visit every household thrice to ensure that, no eligible voter is left out and no ineligible person is included in the electoral roll. Even if no one is available during all three visits, voters will still be able to submit claims or objections between August 5 and September 4, after which hearings will be held before the final electoral roll is published on October 7. Ashirwad said, the period from June 20 to June 29 has been earmarked for BLO training and printing of Enumeration Forms. BLOs will distribute two copies of the Enumeration Form to every household between June 30 and July 29, and residents have been urged to co-operate by furnishing the required information. Pravin Mahire, Additional District Collector; Dr Rachana Indurkar, Deputy District Election Officer; Vinod Rapatwar, District Information Officer; and other senior officials also were present.

 

The Enumeration Form will carry details from the existing electoral roll, including the voter’s photograph, QR code and the name and mobile number of the concerned BLO, besides providing space to update personal particulars. Digitally literate voters may search their names in the previous Special Intensive Revision roll and complete the Enumeration Form online through voters.eci.gov.in from June 30. Ashirwad said, voters opting for self-enumeration online need not complete the offline process.

 

he draft electoral roll will be published on August 5, while claims and objections can be filed until September 4. Hearings will continue till October 3, during which voters may produce any of the 12 documents prescribed by the Election Commission to establish their eligibility. Ashirwad clarified that a voter’s name will not be deleted merely because details of a parent or grandparent are unavailable. Such cases will continue to appear in the draft electoral roll and will be decided after scrutiny of valid documents during the hearing process, ensuring that no eligible voter is excluded. Voters may also seek assistance through the Election Commission’s 1950 helpline. Ashirwad said, around 70 per cent of the mapping of the current electoral roll with the previous Special Intensive Revision roll of December 3, 2002 has already been completed. 

 

District Collector Kumar Ashirwad appealed to citizens to help Booth Level Officers (BLOs) locate voters whose addresses in the electoral roll are incomplete or vague. He urged residents, neighbours and local representatives to assist BLOs in tracing such voters so that no eligible elector is left out.