The Election Commission assured the Supreme Court that individuals omitted from post-SIR draft electoral rolls will not be prosecuted for using Form 6 to restore their franchise. The clarification protects previously registered citizens from penalties tied to the form's standard declaration regarding first-time enrollment. Additionally, the poll body established distinct submission pathways for voters omitted under Delhi's absent, shifted, duplicate, and dead categorization. Relocated individuals may file with address proof in person or schedule assistance using the "book a call with BLO" feature.
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Previously enrolled citizens excluded from draft voter lists will face no penal consequen…: Previously enrolled citizens excluded from draft voter lists will face no penal consequences for submitting Form 6.
The electoral body acknowledged that operational errors can occur during comprehensive da…: The electoral body acknowledged that operational errors can occur during comprehensive data digitization designed to remove duplicate and deceased entries.
Individuals who already submitted Form 6 during the SIR exercise do not need to submit th…: Individuals who already submitted Form 6 during the SIR exercise do not need to submit the enumeration form again.
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NEW DELHI: The Election Commission has assured Supreme Court that all attempts will be made to include every eligible citizen in the electoral rolls and no prosecution would be launched against people whose names were deleted from the post-SIR draft electoral rolls, for using Form 6 for restoration of their names in the voters' lists.EC's stand, spelt out in an affidavit filed Saturday, is in sync with the Oct 26 assurance given by a bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana while hearing petitions relating to alleged large-scale deletion of voters in Maharashtra and Delhi. The CJI-led bench had said, "No one will be prosecuted for filling Form 6 seeking re-entering of their names in voters' lists."Petitioners had highlighted voters' apprehension that they might be prosecuted for giving a false declaration in Form 6, which is used for enrolling new voters, that they had never been registered as voters before.
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