Poll Panel Drops Added Declaration From New Voter Form For Non-SIR States

The Election Commission has withdrawn the additional SIR-related declaration from the online voter enrolment Form 6 in states where the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has been completed. The move comes days after the full Commission decided that the requirement would apply only during the SIR exercise. The declaration was dropped from the portal on Wednesday.

The declaration, which requires new applicants to furnish details linking themselves or their parents or grandparents to electoral rolls prepared during an earlier intensive revision, remains available on the ECINET portal in states and Union Territories where the SIR is underway.