Special annual summary revision of rolls gets underway

Kolkata: The Annual Summary Revision of electoral rolls has been initiated in the state by the Election Commission on Saturday. New names can be enrolled in the voters' list and the existing names can be modified through this process that will continue till October 31.

"People can enrol new names, delete, modify or transfer existing names within the state by submitting applications at the polling booth located in their neighbourhood. The verification will be done on September 8, September 22 and October 27," a senior official of the Chief Electoral Officer's (CEO) office in Bengal said.

In an official statement, the CEO West Bengal specified the forms that one needs to apply for according to their purpose.

Form 6 is for inclusion of new names and transfer of an existing name from one Assembly segment to another, Form 6A is for inclusion of new overseas electors, Form 7 for deletion of name of any ineligible or dead voter, Form 8 for correction of existing names or other related details, Form 8A is for transfer of existing name/s from one polling booth to another within the same Assembly segment and Form EPIC 001 for issuance of replacing the Elector's Photo Identity Card (EPIC). According to sources in the CEO office, beginning from Saturday over the next two months, the booth-level officers would distribute electors' information door-to-door wherein the details of a voter as available in the existing voters' list would be mentioned. The existing voters can check for mistakes and apply for correction if any. State-level toll-free numbers — 1950 and 1800111950 — have been made functional at the CEO office to help people with their queries regarding enrollment, modification, deletion and transfer of names. The final voter list will be published on January 4 2019.