PATNA, July 21: As the the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Bihar’s electoral roll reaches a crucial stage, poll machinery in the state has met representatives of all the political parties to share detailed lists of the 29.62 lakh electors whose enumeration forms have not been received so far.
It has also shared lists of the nearly 43.93 lakh electors who were not found at their addresses.
All the 12 major political parties have also been requested to connect with these remaining electors through their district presidents and nearly 1.5 lakh booth-level agents appointed by the parties.“This is to ensure that the entire election machinery, including the political parties, works together in a mission mode so that no eligible elector is left out,” the Election Commission said on Monday.The draft electoral rolls will be published on August 1.From August 1, any member of the public can file objections for any additions or deletions or rectification in the draft electoral rolls, the EC said. Bihar has become the first state in the country to have less than 1,200 electors across polling stations, the Election Commission said on Monday.The poll body recently undertook an exercise to reduce electors per polling station from 1,500 to a maximum of 1,200 to shorten queues on voting days.To accommodate voters, 12,817 new polling stations have been added in Bihar to prevent long queues, the EC said. (PTI)
