General Principles of Voter Registration

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General Principles of Voter Registration
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Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies
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What is an Electoral Roll??

• As per Sec. 15 of RP Act, 1950, for every
  constituency there shall be an electoral roll
  which shall be prepared under the
  superintendence, direction and control of the
  Commission.

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What is the importance of Voter Registration??

• For a free and fair election, quality of elector
  registration process and electoral rolls is the
  most important pre-requisite.
• Electoral malpractices like bogus voting and
  impersonation, in a large part, result from
  defective system of voter registration.

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What is the importance of Voter Registration??

• The officials responsible for voter registration
  are required to be thorough in all relevant rules
  and laws.
• Any erroneous application of law will violate the
  accuracy of rolls and will affect the purity of
  election.

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Registration Process in India

• The Constitution of India has entrusted the voter
  registration and preparation of electoral rolls
  (voters lists) to an independent authority, i.e.
  the Election Commission of India.
• The superintendence, direction and control of
  whole process of voter registration in Election
  Commission of India Article 324 (1)

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Registration process In India

• The basic law governing voter registration in
  India is the Representation of People Act, 1950
  passed by the Indian Parliament and the
  Registration of Electors Rules, 1960 made
  thereunder.
• The preparation and revision of Electoral Roll is
  carried out under this framework of law

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Registration process In India

• Registration process in India is a continuous
  process.
• The electoral rolls are revised annually with
  reference to 1st January of the year as
  qualifying date.
• Publication of draft of electoral roll for
  information of general public and inviting claims
  and objections.

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• Basically revision of electoral rolls in India
  are of two types- intensive and summary .
• The basic unit of revision process is part or
  polling station which has ordinarily 2000
  persons.
• Part No. of electoral rolls and Sl.No. of polling
  station is to be same.

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Electoral Rolls for Assembly and Parliamentary
Constituency

• Electoral Rolls are prepared for Assembly
  Constituency (AC) under the provisions of RP Act
  1950
• No separate Electoral Roll for Parliamentary
  Constituency (PC) is maintained as that PC
  consists of Electoral Rolls for all its ACs
• Electoral Rolls are organized as geographically
  defined Parts which are further organized into
  Sections and households
• Each Part has an identified Polling Station where
  electors cast their votes on the poll day

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Conditions of Registration

• Every person can be registered in an Electoral
  Roll of the Constituency who is
• a citizen of India
• not less than 18 years of age on the qualifying
  date
• is ordinarily resident in a Constituency
• Who is Ordinarily Resident ?
• No definition is given under Section 20 of
  RPA,1950, however a person is ordinarily resident
  if
• s/he uses that place for sleeping
• her/his temporary absence from that place due to
  employment or pleasure does not disqualify from
  being considered
• s/he possesses the ability and intention to
  return to that place

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Disqualification for Registration in an Electoral
Roll

• Under Section 16 of RPA 1950, a person is
  disqualified for registration if
• Not a citizen of India
• Of unsound mind declared by competent court
• Temporarily disqualified from voting under any
  law relating to corrupt practices and other
  Election offence (Section 11A of RPA,1951)

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• A person is disqualified for voting at any
  election if
• Convicted an offence punishable under Section
  171E or 171F of IPC or Section 135/136(2) (a) of
  RPA, 1951 for 6 years
• Disqualified by a decision of the President under
  Section 8(A) of RPA, 1951 for the period
  specified by the President.
• If a person is disqualified after registration
  then his name is deleted from the Electoral Roll
• Person can only be registered once in an
  Electoral Roll of only one Constituency under
  Section 17 18 of RPA, 1950

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Exceptions to General Principles of Ordinary
Residence

• Service voters i.e. members of armed forces can
  be registered at their native place. Native place
  could be same or different from place of posting
• Persons holding declared offices i.e. President,
  Ministers etc. can be registered in the
  Constituency where they would be ordinarily
  resident were they not holding the said office,
  if they have given statement in Form 1 of RER,
  1960

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Exceptions to General Principles of Ordinary
Residence

• Members of Parliament and State Legislatures can
  be registered in their home Constituencies even
  if that is not their normal place of residence
• Inmates of jails and other legal custody,
  hospitals, beggar homes etc. are not included in
  the Electoral Roll of that Constituency
• Eligible students living in hostel or mess can
  either be registered as ordinarily resident in
  the place where hostel or mess is located or at
  their residence with their parents.

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Forms of Claims and Objections

• Claims and Objections during Revision
• For an accurate and error-free Electoral Roll,
  different types of claims and objections such as
  addition/deletion/ transposition/ correction, are
  cleared by ERO/DO/BLO
• Forms of Claims, Objections and Corrections
• The applicants applying for addition / deletion /
  correction / transposition should fill the
  following Forms
• Form 6 Inclusion of name (Service personnel to
  attach Form of declaration)
• Form 6A Inclusion of name of overseas electors
• Form 7 Objection/seeking deletion of name
• Form 8 Correction to a particular entry
• Form 8A Transfer of name from one Part to
  another Part in same AC

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Important Documents Needed for forms

• Age Proof (Either of the documents can be given)
• Birth certificate issued by a Municipal
  Authorities or district office of the Registrar
  of Births Deaths or Baptism certificate or
• Birth certificate from the school (Govt. /
  Recognised) last attended by the applicant or any
  other recognised educational institution or
• If a person is class 10 or more pass, he should
  give a copy of the marksheet of class 10 , if it
  contains date of birth as a proof of date of
  birth or
• Marksheet of class 8 if it contains date of
  birth or
• Marksheet of class 5 if it contains date of
  birth or
• A declaration in prescribed format given in
  Annexure-1 made by either of his parents if the
  person is not educated till class 10 (In those
  cases where parental declaration is given as
  proof of age, the applicant will have to be
  present himself for verification before
  BLO/ERO/AERO) or

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• Proof of Ordinary Residence
• (Either of the documents can be given)
• Bank / Kisan / Post Office current Pass Book, or
• Applicants Ration Card / Passport / Driving
  License / Income Tax Return filed or Assessment
  Order, or
• Latest Water / Telephone / Electricity / Gas
  Connection Bill for that address, either in the
  name of the applicant or that of his / her
  immediate relation like parents etc., or
• Postal departments posts received / delivered in
  the applicants name at the given address.

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• Age
• Parental Linkage in Electoral Roll (for
  citizenship issue) /citizenship proof
• Ordinary residence

• Age proof like birth certificate, certificate
  from school
• Citizenship proof like copy of EPIC of parents
• Proof of Ordinary Residence like rationcard,
  passport etc

New Voter
Students
Inclusion (Form 6)
Married women
Shifted from other AC
Voters above 25 yrs

• Age proof
• Nationality proof
• Proof of Ordinary Residence before
  marriage
• Marriage Registration Certificate
• proof of Ordinary Residence

• Address of previous residence
• Ac No. if possible Part/Sl. No. of previous
  enrollment
• EPIC or other citizenship evidence
• Ordinary residence

• Declaration as to delayed registration (agegt25
  yrs) (Part 4 of form 6)
• Special care to verify citizenship status
• Ordinary residence

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Part Sl. No. of previous enrollment
Transposition (Form 8A)
EPIC
Ordinary residence
Correction (Form 8)
Part Sl. No. of enrollment
Evidence in favour of correction sought for
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Photo Electoral Roll
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State Scenario
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• As per finally published roll the total
  electorate is 6676407
• Essentially means that 505020 are yet to be
  enrolled

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• The persons falling in the age group of 18/19
  years constitute the biggest block of eligible
  persons who are yet to be enrolled as elector.
• As against 4,74,369 persons (3.70) only
  118,562 (0.92) persons have been enrolled in the
  electoral rolls. Therefore the enrollment of the
  persons falling in the age group of 18/19 is the
  biggest target group plan.

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• Out of the total persons to be enrolled 355807
  are in the age group of 18/19 years.

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Booth Level Agents (BLAs)
BLAs are representatives appointed by the
political parties under the direction of Election
Commission, to help BLOs in Electoral Roll
Management
Appoints
Informs
Election Commission
Political Party
Booth Level Agents
Duties - Assists people in filing
claim/objection properly - Remains present
during the campaigns and help BLOs - Verifies
and conducts survey of the dead and shifted
electors - Understands and scrutinizes the
electoral roll and points out corrections, if
any, during meeting with BLO - Helps BLO in
continuous updating of the electoral roll
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What is National Voters Day?
Election Commission of India (ECI) was
established on 25th January, 1950 National
Voters Day is celebrated on the founding day of
ECI i.e. 25th January every year It was
celebrated for the first time in January 2011,
called Rashtriya Matdata Divas in Hindi
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• Quiz Time
• Who is the Chief Election commissioner of India?
• Who are the two Election Commissioners of India?
• Who is the Deputy Election Commissioner in-charge
  of your state?
• Who is the Chief Electoral Officer of your state?
• Who is the District Election Officer of your
  district?
• Who is the Electoral Registration Officer (ERO)
  of the Assembly
• Constituency of the Part in which you are
  appointed as Designated officer.
• Who is the Assistant Electoral Registration
  Officer (AERO) of the Assembly Constituency of
  the Part in which you are appointed .

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