BENGALURU: More than 5.55 crore voters in Karnataka will undergo Special Intensive Revision (SIR), a voter verification exercise under the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) starting June 20.The door-to-door enumeration will take place from June 30 to July 29.The state will have the exercise after 24 years: Karnataka’s last intensive revision dates back to 2002.Karnataka has been included in Phase three of the nationwide exercise, alongside Maharashtra, Delhi, Jharkhand and Meghalaya, with the final electoral roll slated for publication on October 7 this year.As per the ECI schedule, Karnataka’s SIR process will begin with preparation and training between June 20 and June 29.The door-to-door enumeration follows till July 29.The draft electoral rolls will be published on August 5. Voters will get a month to file claims and objections until September 4.The objections will be examined and notices will be issued where discrepancies arise.The final roll will be released on Oct 7.The exercise, usually done close to elections to have a voter list devoid of persons dead and duplicate voters, and addition of new voters, is being taken up in advance. Karnataka only goes to state elections in 2028.‘Aadhaar not proof of citizenship’The EC has separately clarified that Aadhaar may be accepted as proof of identity, but not as proof of citizenship.
