People are standing in queues for hours just to get their enumeration forms verified for Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls . And from what is being reported,the pressure on local resources has become genuinely serious.
This whole exercise started June 30 and deadline is set for July 29 . So there is not much time left and that urgency is clearly showing in the crowds flooding these centres every single day .
One big problem that many people are facing is tracing family records from 2002 electoral roll . That particular step has been slowing everything down badly . Chief Electoral Officer V Anbukkumar actually addressed this directly last week and his advice was straightforward — do not let missing old data block your application entirely.
He stated,"Submit the signed enumeration form with available information. This will ensure that your name is considered for inclusion in the electoral roll." Simple enough guidance,but clearly many citizens were not aware they could proceed without complete historical records.
Few key things worth knowing about this revision exercise:
- Deadline set for July 29 — revision process which began on June 30 is now entering its final phase.
- 59,000 officers deployed — Booth Level Officers are conducting house-to-house verification across entire state.
- 5.5 crore electors targeted — massive exercise aims to verify every eligible voter in Karnataka.
And Election Commission has not been quiet about accountability either . Show cause notices were already issued to 35 Booth Level Officers after reports came out that they were distributing forms in bulk instead of actually visiting individual homes . That is direct violation of whole point of this exercise.
MLC Ramesh Babu has also raised concerns saying current number of facilitation centres is simply not enough to handle demand from public . And looking at those long queues being reported,that complaint does not seem exaggerated at all.
On the other side,to manage the pressure on field staff,Election Commission approved one-time payment of ₹6,000 for all Booth Level Officers and their supervisors as honorarium . Considering they are handling verification of over 5.5 crore voters,honestly that workload is not small thing .
Authorities are pushing everyone to submit paperwork before July 29 cutoff so names do not get left out of final rolls . That urgency makes sense .
But the real question sitting uncomfortably here is whether enough infrastructure was planned before this exercise even began . Queues stretching for hours,officers being penalized for cutting corners,MLC raising alarms about insufficient centres… all of this feels like something that needed more groundwork before June 30 itself . Whether remaining days are enough to cover that gap for 5.5 crore people — that part is still unclear
