DIMAPUR, SEP 30 (NPN): Election Commission of India (ECI) has announced a series of measures to facilitate electors during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
In a press release, the chief electoral officer (CEO) Nagaland Bhagyashree Banayat informed that in cases where notices have been issued to persons whose details were unmapped or contain logical discrepancies, booth-level officers (BLOs) would visit their homes to collect the required documents. The documents would be uploaded on ECINET for decision by the electoral registration officers (EROs) or assistant electoral registration officers (AEROs). Such persons would not need to visit the ERO/AERO office for a hearing.
CEO said hearings would be required only in exceptional cases, as decided by the officers concerned, and would preferably be conducted online. If necessary, CEO said that an adult member of the family may be authorised by the elector to attend the hearing on their behalf.
District election officers have been directed to set up adequate help desks and hold special camps, where required, to assist people living in night shelters, labourers, the poor, the homeless and others who may need help during the revision exercise.
District-wise help desk contact numbers are available on the chief electoral officer’s website, https://ceo.nagaland.gov.in.
In states and union territories where the SIR has already been completed, a special drive would be conducted for the enrolment of left-out electors and young or first-time eligible electors under the continuous updation of electoral rolls.
The declaration form attached to Form 6 will be used only during the SIR period. During the non-SIR period, the forms prescribed under the Registration of Electors Rules, 1960, will continue to be used.
Thursday, October 1, 2026