Voters will not face action for submitting Form 6 after being deleted during SIR, says EC

The Election Commission on Tuesday clarified that voters whose names are missing from the draft electoral rolls prepared under the special intensive revision can submit Form 6 to seek inclusion without facing prosecution for making a false declaration, even if they had been enrolled previously, The Hindu reported.

In a letter to the chief electoral officers of all states and Union Territories, the poll panel said that some voters were hesitant to submit Form 6 because it requires applicants to declare that their names are being included in the electoral rolls for the first time, The New Indian Express reported.

Form 6 is meant for first-time voter registration.

Such voters “believe that submission of Form 6, in view of their previous enrolment, would amount to making a false declaration and render them liable for prosecution” under the 1950 Representation of the People Act, the poll panel was quoted as saying.

It clarified that no action would be taken against them, provided they were not already enrolled in another constituency.

BIG: another @ECISVEEP ‘clarification’ this time on Form 6: those eligible voters whose names are not on draft electoral roll can now submit their form 6 irrespective of whether they were previously enrolled or not. How many more clarifications before there is an acceptance that… pic.twitter.com/Q4pEsJOCA9— Rajdeep Sardesai...

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