Election Commission to visit homes of electors facing documentation notices
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The Election Commission of India has announced a new home-visit procedure for electors facing verification issues and confirmed an independent audit of its ECINET software.
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- The Election Commission of India will now send officials to visit the homes of electors who received notices due to discrepancies in their registration records.
- This new process replaces the requirement for these citizens to attend in-person hearings with electoral registration officers.
- The commission also authorized an independent audit of the ECINET software.
- These measures follow recent internal discussions and allegations regarding the platform's accessibility for officials.
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“Only in exceptional circumstances, as decided by the ERO, hearing will be held, preferably online. Any adult member of the family can be authorised by the elector to attend the hearing on their behalf, if required,”
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…to collect documents that would then be uploaded to ECINet for a final decision by the ERO. The EC also agreed to an independent audit of ECINET software though it rejected allegations that EROs were being locked out. " Only in exceptional circumstances, as decided by the ERO, hearing will be held, preferably online. Any adult member of the family can be authorised by the elector to attend the hearing on their behalf, if required, " the EC said in a statement after the meeting attended by CEC Gyanesh Kumar and election commissioners S S Sandhu and Vivek Joshi. EC also agreed to an independent audit of ECINET software even as it rejected…
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