Electors face problems in filling enumeration forms in Mancherial

Electors in Mancherial district have reported difficulties in obtaining and filling Special Intensive Revision enumeration forms despite officials claiming full distribution. Migrant voters and daughters-in-law faced challenges, while the district recorded 42 per cent digitisation ahead of the July 25 deadline.

Mancherial: Even as officials claimed that awareness had been created and elaborate arrangements had been made, electors are facing problems in filling enumeration forms as part of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.

Officials said that 6.61 lakh electors were eligible to fill the enumeration forms as part of the revision in the district. While Mancherial Assembly constituency accounted for 2.83 lakh voters, Chennur and Bellampalli Assembly constituencies had 1.97 lakh and 1.80 lakh electors respectively. Enumeration forms were distributed to eligible electors through booth level officers (BLOs), who were tasked with the exercise in the three constituencies.

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However, eligible migrant electors in urban areas claimed that they had not received the forms so far. They said they were forced to approach local BLOs to obtain the forms. They alleged that the forms had been dumped recklessly with the BLOs. They also said they were clueless about how to fill the forms once they received them.

Similarly, some eligible electors regretted that they were unable to fill the forms online. They were advised to consult the BLOs if their details did not match those on the Election Commission of India (ECI) website. Daughters-in-law are struggling to fill in the details of their parents and grandparents if the required information is not available.

Officials said the enumeration forms had been distributed to 100 per cent of eligible electors in the district. They stated that the district had achieved 42 per cent digitisation of the forms. Bellampalli constituency topped the district with 49 per cent digitisation, while Mancherial and Chennur constituencies recorded 40 per cent and 37 per cent digitisation respectively. The last date for submitting the forms is July 25.

As per the ECI guidelines, the names of electors may be deleted from the electoral rolls if they fail to submit the enumeration forms.