As the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the next 12 States and Union Territories is set to be carried out according to the June 24 order issued by the Election Commission of India (ECI), certain modifications have been made to the process based on the learnings from the just concluded process in Bihar.

In a notice issued to the Chief Electoral Officers of all 12 States, the ECI said no documents were to be collected from electors during the Enumeration Phase. This was being done as it had been found in Bihar that a majority of people could be traced to the electoral rolls of previous SIR, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar said.

The notice further said that for electors whose Enumeration Forms had not returned, the Booth Level Officer (BLO) may identify a p

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