Election Commission makes parents' SIR details mandatory for new voter registrations

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It's not only existing voters not covered in previous Special Intensive Revision (SIR) who have to submit their parents' SIR details to remain on the electoral rolls, but also the new applicants seeking inclusion in the voter list, according to EC officials.

By issuing instructions, the Election Commission (EC) has made it mandatory to attach SIR details of parents for new voters filling Form 6 for inclusion in the electoral rolls.

"It helps in mapping electors and reduces the documents new voters need to submit along with the application," said an EC official.

The poll authority has defended the SIR of electoral rolls, asserting that the process is transparent, constitutional and endorsed by the Supreme Court.

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