SIR: Confusion over ‘relatives’ in enumeration form prevails

The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls began across nine states and three Union Territories on Tuesday, with thousands of booth-level officers (BLOs) visiting homes; however, confusion prevails over ‘relatives’ in the enumeration forms.

Although filling most of the form is simple, people are confused over which details from the previous SIR to include.

Confusion over progeny, enumeration form in SIR

In the enumeration form, electors can either give details of themselves or their relatives from the previous SIR.

Giving either detail will help in linking or mapping. However, the confusion is over who will be considered a relative for the sake of the form.

The form mentioned, “Details of the relative, whose name is given in the previous column, in the last SIR”. However,