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SIR: Voters above 85 years face double checks, say BLOs

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Rishita Khanna
SIR: Voters above 85 years face double checks, say BLOs
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Booth Level Officers in Karnataka report being instructed to flag voters aged 85 and above as 'probable absent, shifted, dead/deleted or duplicate' during the electoral roll revision process. While officials deny these directives, residents and civil society groups fear this practice could lead to the disenfranchisement of senior citizens.

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With the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) under way in Karnataka, Booth Level Officers (BLOs) say they have been instructed to “double verify” voters aged ‘85 years and above’ and place them under the “probable absent, shifted, dead/deleted or duplicate (ASDD)” category.

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