Assam News | Ground Report: Assam’s ‘Special Revision’ Of Voter Rolls Begins

Now to Assam where Election Commission's special revision of electoral rolls has begun and would take place over the next two-and-a-half months, the process assume huge significance since Assam goes to polls in March-April next year and is being held parallel to the process of SIR in several states including West Bengal. SIR was not held is Assam , since National Register of Citizens (NRC) process in Asam is yet to be completed . The SR does not include any enumeration form to be filled out by voters like SIR. The key component of the special revision process in Assam will be house-to-house visits by Booth Level Officers (BLOs) to conduct physical verification of the existing voter lists. In this way, Assam CEO Goel said, it is “stricter than summary revision of voter lists, which takes place every year, but it will not be going into document verification like in the case of SIR (Special Intensive Revision), which took place in Bihar and is taking place in 12 other states.” This house-to-house will continue till December 20 across the 29,656 polling stations across the state...NDTV's Ratnadip Choudhury has filed this ground report.