Nearly 5 lakh Nagaland electors may face notices as officials begin verification following publication of the draft electoral roll
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KOHIMA — Nearly 5 lakh electors in Nagaland could come under further verification as the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) moves into its next stage, with electoral authorities preparing to issue notices over discrepancies with the 2005 electoral roll.
Additional Chief Electoral Officer Awa Lorin said on Monday that electors whose records have discrepancies or whose mapping with the 2005 roll remains unresolved could receive notices from electoral registration officers (EROs) or assistant EROs.
Such electors would then have to produce documents, depending on their date of birth, to establish their eligibility.
The verification will take place before the final electoral roll is published on November 22.
Lorin was speaking at a media briefing at the office of the chief electoral officer (CEO), Nagaland, a day after the draft electoral roll was published following the enumeration phase of the SIR.
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He said that the mapping exercise with the 2005 electoral roll had already been undertaken. Electors who have not been mapped can still establish their linkage themselves, either as a descendant of a person listed in the 2005 roll or through another eligible entry, he explained.
Those who are unable to complete the self-mapping process will not automatically be removed from the draft roll, provided they submitted their enumeration forms (EFs), Lorin said. However, he added, they may subsequently receive notices from their respective EROs or AEROs for further verification.
The electors will then have to produce the required documents based on their date of birth, he said, adding that failure to substantiate the claim or submit the required documents could result in the name not appearing in the final electoral roll.
The verification process comes as the claims and objections period began on September 20 following publication of the draft roll. Genuine electors whose names are missing can apply for inclusion through Form 6, along with the prescribed declaration and supporting documents, until October 20.
Meanwhile, Chief Electoral Officer Bhagyashree B Banayat said the enumeration exercise had identified 28,944 deceased electors whose names were still on the electoral rolls.
Another 5,059 electors were found to have multiple registrations. Their names will be retained at only one location.
The largest category was that of 1,23,749 electors classified as absent, permanently shifted or others. Banayat explained that this included people who had enrolled elsewhere, could not be traced during field verification, failed to submit their forms within the deadline or did not wish to register as electors.
She stressed that genuine electors who could not submit their forms during the enumeration period still had an opportunity to have their names included during the claims and objections period.
Electors whose names appear at multiple locations, meanwhile, will have their registration retained at only one place, she added.
Dimapur tops ‘uncollectable’ forms
Dimapur recorded the highest number of “uncollectable” enumeration forms under the Absentee, Shifted, Duplicate and Deceased (ASDD) categories, with 36,629 entries. This accounted for 29.24% of the district’s pre-SIR electorate, according to the CEO’s office.
Chümoukedima followed with 28,626 entries, or 26.04%, while Kohima recorded 24,178, or 19.76%.
The other districts recorded the following numbers of uncollectable forms: Zunheboto 11,513; Tuensang 9,032; Peren 8,267; Mokokchung 7,900; Wokha 6,547; Phek 6,505; Mon 5,553; Noklak 3,825; Longleng 3,325; Kiphire 2,244; Shamator 1,160; Tseminyu 1,142; Pughoboto 664; and Meluri 642.
The briefing was attended by Additional CEO Awa Lorin and State Electoral Roll Nodal Officer Toshimeren Aier.
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