What happened: Meghalaya’s draft electoral roll excludes about 1.8 lakh electors
Meghalaya published a draft electoral roll on Wednesday that excludes around 1.8 lakh electors.
Officials stated that the excluded entries were identified during a special intensive revision as deceased, shifted, untraceable, or duplicate. Officials indicated that these cases would be examined in the claims and objections phase.
Background: electoral roll revision and how corrections are enabled
Electoral roll revision is conducted under the Election Commission of India framework to update voter lists for each constituency and improve accuracy.
A standard feature of roll revision is the publication of a draft electoral roll. After the draft roll is published, the process allows a claims and objections phase so that affected voters and other stakeholders can seek corrections.
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