NEW DELHI, JUNE 15: Post delimitation of Assembly constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir, the Election Commission has initiated the revision of electoral rolls in the Union Territory.
Pointing out that draft rolls will be prepared by August 31, sources said the revision of electoral roll needs to be carried out before the first assembly election in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said that intensive and time-bound pre-revision activities are required due to the redrawing of assembly constituencies.
Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar and Election Commissioner Anup Chandra Pandey carried out a review and directed the Jammu and Kashmir Chief Electoral Officer to map the redrawn assembly constituencies. Directions have also been given for the appointment of officials for work on updating voter list.
Re-serialisation, mapping and renaming of polling stations post the delimitation will be done by June 30, in addition to the identification of polling stations for those villages for which new booths need to be created.
The appointment of booth level officers and their proper training will be done by July 5.
Verification and rationalisation of polling booths will be done by July 25. Finally, the draft rolls need to be prepared by August 31, sources said.
During the revision exercise, people will be given opportunities to enrol, delete and change their particulars in the electoral rolls.