India, Nov. 4 -- The Election Commission of India said Tuesday, November 3, that voters whose names are missing from the draft electoral rolls under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) can file Form 6 to seek inclusion in the final rolls. It said that filing will not be treated as a false declaration if certain conditions are met.

The commission said voters whose names do not appear in the draft SIR rolls can use Form 6 to seek fresh inclusion in the final voters' list, even if they were enrolled earlier.

It said filing Form 6 where a name was deleted from the draft SIR roll does not, by itself, amount to a false declaration. It added that an Electoral Registration Officer cannot start action under Section 31 of the Representation of t...