Jaipur: Nearly 70.55 per cent of voters in Rajasthan will not be required to submit any documents during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Naveen Mahajan said on Tuesday.

Speaking to mediapersons, Mahajan said the Election Department has already completed extensive voter mapping ahead of the SIR, learning from the experience of the first phase of the exercise in Bihar, where confusion had arisen over document submission.

"As of the day the SIR was announced, more than 70 per cent of voters in Rajasthan will not need to provide any documents. When Booth Level Officers (BLOs) begin visiting homes to collect forms, this figure could cross 80 per cent," Mahajan said.

According to official data, the state currently has 5.48 crore r

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