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- The Election Commission of India clarified that ECINet is a decentralized platform where state and Union Territory officials perform statutory duties.
- Officials addressed recent criticism regarding an additional declaration for new voter registration and specific errors in electoral roll deletions in Goa.
- The Commission stated the platform serves to protect electoral data while assigning responsibility for administrative actions to local state polling authorities.
- Legal concerns regarding the registration process remain a subject of public and internal discussion.
What to watch next
- Follow-up on potential appeals by the 97 affected voters in Goa to the sub-divisional magistrate.
- Further internal ECI responses to concerns raised by Election Commissioners regarding administrative procedures.
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Election Commission of India official
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“ECINet is a decentralised platform designed in accordance with the RP Act, 1950, RP Act, 1951, and instructions issued by the ECI from time to time. As per law, booth-level officers (BLOs), assistant electoral registration officers (AEROs), electoral registration officers (EROs), district election officers (DEOs) and chief electoral officers (CEOs) perform their respective statutory functions on ECINet using unique IDs and passwords. No one else can perform their statutory functions on ECINet, including any other officer of the ECI”
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…and provides only centralised cybersecurity protection. It also clarified its position on the contentious issue of an additional declaration linked to Form 6 for new voters during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR). “ ECINet is a decentralised platform designed in accordance with the RP Act, 1950, RP Act, 1951, and instructions issued by the ECI from time to time. As per law, booth-level officers (BLOs), assistant electoral registration officers (AEROs), electoral registration officers (EROs), district election officers (DEOs) and chief electoral officers (CEOs) perform their respective statutory functions on ECINet using unique IDs and passwords. No one else can perform their statutory functions on ECINet, including any other officer of the ECI ,” an ECI official said. The official said the ECI provides cybersecurity protection to ECINet to ward off hacking attempts. The platform faced around 68 lakh malicious attempts on the counting day of Assembly elections…
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Named India · Bihar · Goa · Election Commission of India · Gyanesh Bharti · Seema Khanna · SS Sandhu · Supreme Court of India · Vivek Joshi
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