Hans News Service Vijayawada

Chiefelectoral officer (CEO) Vivek Yadav on Tuesday said that the Election Commissio of India (ECI) has enabled the facility to fill and submit enumeration forms online as part of the SIR. The ECI kicked off the enumeration period of the Special Intensive Revision of the electoral roll in the southern state on June 15, which will continue for a month until July 14. “ECI has enabled the facility for filling and submission of enumeration form online. Filing this form online allows to match elector record with the historical base roll without waiting for a Booth Level Officer (BLO) home visit,” Yadav said in a press release. Before availing online submission of EF via eSign, Yadav said an elector must meet the prerequisites of mobile linkage and name matching. Under mobile linkage, he said an elector’s mobile number must be linked to his Electoral Photo Identity Card (EPIC or voter ID card). Likewise, he said the spelling of the elector’s name on EPIC must match exactly with his Aadhaar card. If there is a mismatch, the digital eSign will fail, and the elector will need to submit a physical form through his/her BLO, Yadav added.

Merely two years after the general elections in the state, which witnessed the simultaneous Parliamentary and Assembly polls, the ECI is undertaking the SIR with July 1, 2026 as the qualifying date. The exercise will cover nearly 4.16 crore electors across 28 districts and 175 Assembly Constituencies in Andhra Pradesh.