Voters to get 2 forms with QR codes, one to keep & other for BLO

Pune: As many as 1.84 crore forms for nearly 90 lakh voters will be printed, and each voter will get two copies during the door-to-door verification exercise for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) starting from June 30.Booth-level officers (BLO) will give electors the two copies during house visits. They will also be available online through the Election Commission platforms. “One copy, after being signed by the BLO, will serve as an acknowledgement and remain with the voter. The second copy has to be filled and submitted to the BLO. The forms will be collected immediately so that there is no misplacement,” Deputy election officer Minal Kalaskar said.Pune collector and district election officer Jitendra Dudi told TOI that BLOs will distribute, collect and verify the forms. Kalaskar said the training for Electoral Registration Officers is complete and other preparations will be over by June 29.Forms will come partially pre-filled with details available in the electoral database, including the elector’s name, EPIC number, address, serial number, polling part number and name, assembly constituency, parliamentary constituency and state details.

Each form will carry a unique QR code to facilitate verification and reduce errors during data entry.The elector’s current photograph in the electoral roll will be pre-printed on the form. Voters can submit a fresh photograph if they wish to update their records.The form will seek the elector’s date of birth, Aadhaar number, cellphone number and particulars of immediate family members, including the father’s, mother’s and spouse’s names with their EPIC numbers, wherever available.

Electors must also furnish details of a relative whose electoral record can be used for mapping and verification if they were not on the 2002-05 electoral roll.The exercise will map electors with records from the 2002-05 SIR and the recently conducted 2025-26 updated rolls. BLOs will verify whether an elector’s details can be linked to these existing records. Electors mapped with these records will not face any issue in the verification process.

No notice will be issued to such voters and no hearing will be required, as their eligibility would already stand established.Where mapping details are unavailable, electors must furnish details of their parents, grandparents or other relatives whose names appeared in the earlier electoral rolls to facilitate verification.Officials said BLOs would assist voters in filling the forms wherever required. If a house is locked, the BLO will leave the forms on the premises and make at least three follow-up visits for collection and verification.Voters will also be able to submit forms online through the ECINet mobile application and the Voters’ Service Portal from June 30, subject to verification by the BLO.Head: Political parties can appoint more BLAs for exerciseBLOs will carry at least 30 blank Form 6 applications and declaration forms during their visits to facilitate enrolment of eligible residents whose names are missing from the electoral rollApplications for inclusion of new voters will be processed after publication of the draft electoral roll on Aug 5.The Election Commission has allowed booth-level agents (BLAs) appointed by recognised political parties to collect up to 50 forms a day from electors and hand them over to BLOs before publication of the draft roll.Claims and objections will be accepted till Sept 4. After disposal of claims and objections by Oct 3, the final electoral roll will be published on Oct 7Election officials have appealed to recognised political parties, resident welfare associations, educational institutions and other stakeholders to assist voters in ensuring timely submission of formsElectors can seek assistance from their BLO, use the “Book a Call” facility on ECINet or contact voter helpline 1950, which will operate round the clock during the revision period