The record
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- Voters across Karnataka are receiving notices flagging 'no mapping' discrepancies on the draft electoral roll, with hearings that require the elector's personal appearance.
- Many voters say they completed enumeration correctly and are now scrambling to attend hearings at short notice, even travelling back from other states or risk losing their voting rights.
- Of over 43.8 lakh notices to be generated, only about 7.3 lakh have been delivered so far, and just 206 hearings have been completed since they began on September 5.
- Political parties including Congress, BJP and JD(S) have sought an extension, saying the short gap between notice delivery and hearing leaves too little time to inform or assist voters, unlike the extensive mobilisation seen in West Bengal.
What to watch next
- Whether the Election Commission grants the extension of hearing dates that parties have requested.
- How quickly the remaining 36.49 lakh undelivered notices reach voters and whether they get adequate hearing time.
- Whether Karnataka parties mount larger-scale voter assistance efforts similar to West Bengal's travel and identity campaigns.
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