The special revision of electoral rolls is set for January 1, 2026, leading to a final voter list by February 10, 2026.

Amid claims that the voters' list in Bihar carried photographs of cats and dogs, the Election Commission has directed its field staff in Assam to check for 'non-human' and 'no image' entries in electoral rolls and replace them with proper photographs of registered voters.

In its instructions issued to the chief electoral officer of Assam , the poll authority said that "software-based" reports should be generated for 'black and white images', 'not to specification images', 'non-human images' and 'no image' entries.

“For replacement of such images, booth-level officer(BLO) field verification should be done and necessary applications - Form-8 along with photograph as pe

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