Voter data theft case: ECI urges voters to check their names in electoral rolls and report discrepancies
2 years ago

Voter data theft case: ECI urges voters to check their names in electoral rolls and report discrepancies

The Hindu  

The Election Commission of India has asked all district-level electoral officers to encourage voters to check their names and report discrepancies, if any. Though this is a standard practice during roll revision every year, the instructions have been given repeatedly this year in the light of Opposition parties accusing the ruling BJP of influencing the electoral roll revision for wrongful gains. No local polls The added emphasis is also because Karnataka has not had a rural local body elections and urban local body elections in most districts for over a year, which would have otherwise helped voters check if their names are listed in the electoral rolls. In some districts, Block Level Officers, who are mostly Anganwadi workers or school teachers, are going door to door checking whether all residents have been enrolled as voters and asking them to enroll if not.

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Delhi Police books four for submitting forged online applications for voter registration
1 week, 5 days ago

Delhi Police books four for submitting forged online applications for voter registration

India TV News  

Amid the political slugfest over the voter list entries between Aam Aadmi Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Delhi Police has registered an FIR against four people for allegedly submitting forged online applications for voter registration through Form-6 on Sunday, an official said. The letter further said, "It has been found that the aforementioned applicants have attempted to deceive …

Amid tussle between AAP and BJP, several Delhi residents express surprise on being named in requests for voter deletion
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Amid tussle between AAP and BJP, several Delhi residents express surprise on being named in requests for voter deletion

The Hindu  

Bhuwani Bai was born in a slum cluster in east Delhi’s Jhilmil Colony and has lived there with her family her entire life. So, when an Election Commission of India’s Booth Level Officer knocked on her door last week, informing her that her name and her daughter’s name were on a list of voters that are to be removed from …

Poll panel explains voter deletion process after AAP alleges electoral roll fraud
1 month, 1 week ago

Poll panel explains voter deletion process after AAP alleges electoral roll fraud

India Today  

The Election Commission has responded to the allegations raised by the Aam Aadmi Party over the "removal of large number of voters from the electoral rolls ahead of the upcoming Delhi Assembly polls and detailed the entire process. Earlier this week, Delhi Chief Minister Atishi accused the BJP-led Centre of "misusing government machinery" to delete the names of voters who …

Voters question ECI’s unilateral name deletions in Tamil Nadu
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Voters question ECI’s unilateral name deletions in Tamil Nadu

New Indian Express  

‘Staff never visited voters’ residence for verification’ According to official data, 6.02 lakh voters were removed from rolls from January 2022 to January 2023, and 6.43 lakh were removed between January 2023 and January 2024. Despite throwing ECI guidelines to the winds, officials deployed on electoral roll revision, including IAS officers, often escape accountability mainly due to an absence of …

ECI eases procedure for voting by displaced Kashmiri people
8 months, 4 weeks ago

ECI eases procedure for voting by displaced Kashmiri people

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India announced on Friday that it has eased paperwork for people who shifted from Kashmir to Jammu and Udhampur in the nineties to cast their votes to facilitate their participation in the 2024 general elections. **The Election Commission of India eased the procedure for displaced persons from the Kashmir valley to exercise their franchise …

Can India’s election be rigged? Ahead of vote, old debate gets new life
9 months, 1 week ago

Can India’s election be rigged? Ahead of vote, old debate gets new life

Al Jazeera  

Opposition parties have questioned the reliability of electronic voting machines. New Delhi, India – As he launched the main Indian opposition alliance’s election campaign in the middle of March, Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi hit out at two targets: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, whom he described as the “king”, and the electronic voting machines that the country uses to cast …

No Voter's Name Can Be Struck From Electoral Rolls Without Following Due Process : Election Commission Tells Supreme Court
10 months, 4 weeks ago

No Voter's Name Can Be Struck From Electoral Rolls Without Following Due Process : Election Commission Tells Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday, taking note of the response of the Election Commission of India, closed the proceedings relating to the issue of duplication of names in electoral rolls. Mr Amit Sharma appearing for the ECI drew the attention of the Court to the directions passed by the Chief Electoral Officer, U.P regarding the revision of electoral rolls of …

Election Gear Up: Officials Prepped for Flawless Andhra Polls
1 year ago

Election Gear Up: Officials Prepped for Flawless Andhra Polls

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: In anticipation of the upcoming elections, the Election Commission of India has geared up its machinery in Andhra Pradesh. Senior deputy election commissioners Dharmendra Sharma and Nitish Kumar Vyas conducted a comprehensive review meeting with state officials, emphasising transparency, accountability, and impartiality as core principles for the electoral process. Sharma and Vyas stressed the importance of a proactive approach, …

Voters List Made by Civic Staff with Little Education
1 year, 2 months ago

Voters List Made by Civic Staff with Little Education

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Almost one-third of block level officers, who play a crucial role in the summary revision of electoral rolls, are underqualified workers, such as sweepers and sanitation workers with the GHMC’s sanitation. Of the 3,986 BLOs, one each for a polling station at present, 1,100 are public healthcare workers working in the GHMC’s sanitation wing. Other GHMC staff appointed as …

TD MLA complains to ECI on deletion of names of voters from electoral rolls
1 year, 4 months ago

TD MLA complains to ECI on deletion of names of voters from electoral rolls

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Telugu Desam MLA from Parchur, Yeluri Sambasiva Rao, alleged irregularities in the deletion of names of voters from electoral rolls as part of the special summary revision of voters’ lists. He urged the Election Commission to order a probe and initiate action against the officials involved in such electoral “malpractices.” In a letter addressed to the senior deputy commissioner …

'It's An Important Issue': Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Alleging "Voter Profiling" By Election Commission
2 years ago

'It's An Important Issue': Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Alleging "Voter Profiling" By Election Commission

Live Law  

The Supreme Court today issued notice on a SLP filed by Srinivas Kodali, an engineer from Hyderabad, alleging that Election Commission of India has indulged in "voter profiling" by deploying an "undisclosed software" to link voter records to Aadhaar. "ECI has effectively created a surveillance.sensitive information voters including religion, caste, tribe, ethnicity, language, records of entitlement, income, and medical history …

Cease and desist: The Hindu Editorial on the Bengaluru voter data theft
2 years, 1 month ago

Cease and desist: The Hindu Editorial on the Bengaluru voter data theft

The Hindu  

The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike’s decision to cancel permission provided to an NGO, Chilume Educational Cultural and Rural Development Trust, to conduct a house-to-house survey to enhance voter awareness, was a belated but necessary one. It is alleged that the NGO utilised BBMP identification cards to secure voter data through a door-to-door survey and stored the data in an app …

Voter data 'theft': NGO helmed by retired judges, bureaucrats seeks social audit of electoral database of Karnataka
2 years, 1 month ago

Voter data 'theft': NGO helmed by retired judges, bureaucrats seeks social audit of electoral database of Karnataka

The Hindu  

Amidst allegations of theft of voters’ data in Bengaluru, the Citizens’ Commission on Elections, an NGO, on Monday, November 28, wrote to the Election Commission requesting to order and facilitate a statewide social audit of the electoral database of Karnataka. In a letter to the Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners, Mr. Devasahayam, Chief Coordinator of the NGO, wrote, “Since …

ECI deletes duplicate entries, makes correction in electoral roll: Report
2 years, 5 months ago

ECI deletes duplicate entries, makes correction in electoral roll: Report

Live Mint  

The Election Commission of India has made some correction and deletions in the electoral roll. Over the period of last seven months, the ECI has deleted duplicate entries in the electoral roll and removed or corrected around 10 million of them, HindustanTimes has reported citing officials familiar with the matter. Around 20 lakhs.corrections were also processed.” A second official also …

ECI has to ensure strict adherence to law on electoral registration: HC
3 years, 3 months ago

ECI has to ensure strict adherence to law on electoral registration: HC

The Hindu  

The High Court of Karnataka on Friday said that the Election Commission of India would have to strictly adhere to the provisions of the Representation of the People Act, 1950, in the process of registration of voters. A Division Bench comprising acting Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum passed the order while disposing of a PIL …

Thanjavur: Voters lists corrections get easier
5 years, 4 months ago

Thanjavur: Voters lists corrections get easier

Deccan Chronicle  

THANJAVUR: Voters on their own can now make corrections in voters list, in case of error in their name, address, date of birth etc using the website of Election Commission of India. Speaking to presspersons after inaugurating the Voters Facilitation Centre at the collectorate as part of ‘Electors Verification Programme’ being done from September 1 to September 30 with January …

Multiple entries of voters removed, says Election Commission of India
5 years, 9 months ago

Multiple entries of voters removed, says Election Commission of India

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Clarifying allegations on removal of voters names based on the location of their nativity, caste, and surnames from the electoral lists of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, the Election Commission of India submitted to the Telangana High Court that multiple entries of voters were removed by identifying them with the use of a de-duplication software. The ECI informed the court …

About a lakh first-time voters in Delhi’s voters’ list
5 years, 10 months ago

About a lakh first-time voters in Delhi’s voters’ list

Hindustan Times  

The number of first-time voters in the age group of 18 to 19 years in Delhi’s electoral roll is just over a lakh, much fewer than it was supposed to be, given the fact that the age group constitutes about 3-4% of the city’s total population, the Delhi chief electoral officer Ranbir Singh said Thursday. Delhi, with a population of …

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