The Election Commission of India (ECI) has clarified that citizenship certificates issued under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) will be accepted as valid documents for voter registration, a move that may have political ramifications in West Bengal.
In a major move to streamline the democratic process ahead of the next elections, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has decided to conduct the Systematic Identification and Revision (SIR) exercise in 12 states. The action is designed to ensure that every eligible voter is registered in the electoral rolls and gaps or duplication are removed well before time ahead of the next major elections.
A behemoth pre-poll exercise, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has rolled out the highly-touted State-wise Situational Implementation Report (SIR), setting serious deliberations with Chief Electoral Officers (CEOs) in top gear at the national capital.
The Election Commission has also added to the ECINet portal and app an Aadhaar-based e-sign step. Henceforth, any person filling in Form 6 (new voter), Form 7 (object or deletion) or Form 8 (correction) will be required to check via their mobile number associated with their Aadhaar. The modification is to decrease the use of identity misuse in online voter applications.
The Election Commission of India (EC) has recently informed the Supreme Court that the EC has the full discretion on matters concerning electoral roll revisions leaving no other authority including the apex one to interfere.
The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Election Commission to consider Aadhaar as the 12th prescribed document for establishing the identity of a voter in the special intensive revision (SIR) exercise of electoral roll in poll-bound Bihar.
On 10th September 2025, Election Commission of India has called upon a meeting with the Chief Election Officers from all over India to discuss potential rollout of Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
98 percent of electors listed in Bihar draft have submitted their documents for verification as of August 24, 2025 reports Electoral Commission of India. Over 1.8 percent voters still left to submit their documents or they risk being left out of the final list.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has made an important move towards transparency and accountability by publishing the names of 6.5 million voters removed from the Bihar draft electoral roll after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise.
The day after Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar gave an ultimatum to Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi to file an affidavit regarding his allegations of voter roll manipulations in Karnataka within a week, the Congress leader hit back at the CEC saying that “the entire country will ask for an affidavit from the Election Commission of India”.
