New Delhi, Nov. 6 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday issued fresh instructions granting major relief to voters who were left out of the Draft Electoral Roll during the ongoing Special Summary Revision (SIR).

In an official order sent to the Chief Electoral Officers of NCT of Delhi, Maharashtra, Haryana, Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Telangana, and Nagaland, the ECI announced that voters marked under the ASDD (Absent, Shifted, Dead, and Duplicate) category will get another opportunity to include their names in the Final Electoral Roll.

The initiative aims to safeguard voting rights by ensuring that genuine citizens who failed to submit their forms earlier-or were erroneously marked as ASDD-are not excluded.

The Election Co...