India, Oct. 30 -- The Election Commission has extended the schedule for the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in six states, pushing publication of the final voter lists to November 30 in five of them and to December 22 in Delhi. The commission has pushed back these timelines more than once during the exercise.

Separate letters issued to state chief electoral officers on October 29 set out the new dates. Haryana, Telangana, Nagaland, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra will all publish their final rolls on November 30, while Delhi's list has been moved to December 22.

The window for filing claims and objections, the forms through which residents seek inclusion or deletion, has been reopened or extended in each of the six. Maharas...