Ranchi : In Jharkhand, eligible citizens who missed registering their names on the electoral roll during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) will get another opportunity. To facilitate this, an ‘additional opportunity’ camp will be held on November 18 at all polling stations across the state. Concurrently, the sixth and final meeting of the BLOs (Booth Level Officers) and BLAs-2 (Booth Level Agents-2) will also take place. Chief Electoral Officer K. Ravi Kumar shared this information on Thursday following a meeting with representatives of recognized political parties.
He appealed to political parties to play an active role—through their booth-level agents (BLA-2)—in identifying eligible citizens and ensuring their names are included in the electoral roll.
The Chief Electoral Officer stated that camps and ‘electoral workshops’ (Chunav Pathshala) will be organized at all polling stations between 11:00 AM and 4:00 PM. The objective is to ensure that no eligible Indian citizen remains unregistered in the electoral roll. During the meeting, representatives of political parties were also briefed on the updated status of the electoral roll—as part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process—as well as on the complaints received and how they have been addressed.
Special focus will be placed on three categories of voters
The camps will primarily address three types of cases. The first category consists of individuals included in the ASDD (Absent, Shifted, Dead, or Disqualified) list—republished by the Election Commission—who are eligible Indian citizens but whose names have not been recorded in the electoral roll. Such individuals may submit Form-6 or an enumeration form, following the prescribed procedure.
The second category will consist of voters—involving cases such as ‘no mapping,’ logical discrepancies, or other issues—who have been placed under a formal hearing process because they failed to provide the necessary documentation, despite receiving two notices from the Electoral Registration Officer and undergoing a door-to-door verification. A list of such voters will be made available at the respective polling stations, enabling them to submit the required documents.
The third category will consist of eligible citizens who have attained the age of 18 by October 1, 2026, but whose names have not yet been included in the electoral roll. For such citizens, the process of adding their names will be carried out upon receipt of Form-6.
Political parties must ensure the presence of their BLA-2s
K. Ravi Kumar stated that this will be the sixth and final BLO-BLA-2 meeting under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process. Therefore, all recognized political parties must ensure the presence of their BLA-2s. He further requested the political parties to prepare, at their own level, a list of eligible citizens whose names have not yet been included in the electoral roll. This list should be submitted to the respective BLOs on November 18.
Additionally, it can also be sent to the WhatsApp number of the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer: 6200079297. Present at the meeting were Additional Chief Electoral Officer Subodh Kumar, State Training Nodal Officer Devdas Datta, Deputy Chief Electoral Officer Dheeraj Kumar Thakur, and representatives from all recognized political parties.
