Karnataka’s Chief Electoral Officer’s office has published constituency-wise lists of claims and objections submitted during the special intensive revision of the state’s electoral rolls, allowing voters to check whether applications concerning their registration have been recorded.
The lists are available on the Chief Electoral Officer’s website in PDF format. Voters can select their district and Assembly constituency before downloading the relevant documents. The currently available lists cover applications processed between September 1 and September 7, according to a report by Prajavani published on September 9.
The publication includes applications submitted for new voter registration, deletion of names and corrections to electoral-roll details. Applications for new registration, submitted through Form 6, have been included in the Form 9 lists. Applications submitted by voters seeking deletion of their own names, as well as applications by other individuals seeking deletion of another person’s registration, appear in the Form 10 lists.
Applications seeking changes to a voter’s name, address, date of birth and other details have been published in Forms 11, 11A and 11B. Voters can use these lists to check whether claims or objections submitted by them have been recorded by the election authorities.
The applications appear in the published lists only after they have been classified by the Electoral Registration Officer, or ERO. The Chief Electoral Officer’s office is expected to publish updated lists each day as further applications are classified and processed.
The publication also gives voters visibility into deletion requests they may not have known about. The list identifies the voter whose registration has been proposed for deletion and the person who submitted the application, according to the report. This allows voters to check whether an application has been filed against their registration during the revision process.
An official from the Chief Electoral Officer’s office said that an ERO must conduct an inquiry and provide written reasons before cancelling any voter’s registration. The official nevertheless advised voters to remain alert and check the published lists.
The special revision process covers claims and objections to the draft electoral roll. The newly published documents do not themselves indicate that a voter registration has been cancelled; they show applications submitted for registration, deletion or correction after classification by the relevant electoral authority. Final action on any application remains subject to the procedure followed by the ERO.
Voters who have submitted an application can therefore compare their details with the appropriate Form 9, Form 10, Form 11, Form 11A or Form 11B list on the official website. The election office’s daily publication of new lists is intended to make further classified applications available as the revision process continues.
