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The Economic Times
The Economic Times

EC announces home visits, help desks and extra time for voters facing notices for voter list exclusion

New Delhi: Under fire over problems during the Special Intensive Review of voter lists, the Election Commission on Saturday announced a number of measures including additional time for filing claims, home visit by election officials and help desks for those facing notices for removal from the rolls.

After a meeting attended by Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar along with Election Commissioners Dr S S Sandhu and Vivek Joshi, the poll panel announced that the Booth Level Officers (BLOs) will now conduct home visits to collect and upload documents on its unified portal ECINet for unmapped persons or those with logical discrepancies.

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