Delhi Poll Body Says Voters Must Be Heard Before Names Are Removed
Delhi’s Chief Electoral Officer has said an electoral roll notice does not itself mean a name has been deleted. The officer said no elector’s name can be removed without an opportunity to be heard and a reasoned order that can be appealed.
Delhi’s Chief Electoral Officer has sought to clarify the effect of notices issued during a dispute over a special intensive revision, or SIR, of electoral rolls. The officer said a notice does not mean that an elector’s name has been deleted, according to the supplied report. No name can be removed without giving the elector an opportunity to be heard, the officer said.
A reasoned and appealable order must also be passed. The supplied material does not specify how many notices were issued, which voters are affected, or the wider arguments in the SIR dispute.
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