SIR: EC extends claims deadline in Delhi and Maharashtra, processing period in four states

The Election Commission on Thursday extended the deadline for filing claims and objections in the special intensive revision of electoral rolls in Delhi and Maharashtra, and expanded the processing window in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Haryana and Nagaland.

The poll panel also postponed the date of publication of the final voter lists in the five states and Delhi. The final voter list in Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Haryana and Nagaland will be published on November 30 and in Delhi on December 22.

The decision came a day after the Supreme Court, while hearing a petition concerning the voter roll revision in the national capital, asked the Election Commission to consider extending the October 30 deadline for filing claims and objections. The window has been extended till November 25.

The extensions also followed requests from the state poll panels.

The date for disposal of the claims and objections in Delhi has been extended till December 15 from November 30.

In Maharashtra, the period for filing claims and objections had ended on October 26. It has now been reopened till November 13. The window for disposing of the claims will close on November 25 instead of November 10.

The names of more than two crore persons were removed from Maharashtra’s draft voter list in August as part of the electoral rolls revision....

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