Mumbai, July 17 -- The Election Commission of India has extended the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Maharashtra by 10 days, with the publication of the draft voter list now scheduled for August 17, officials said on Friday.
As per the revised schedule, Booth Level Officers (BLOs) will continue the door-to-door distribution, collection and digitisation of enumeration forms till August 8, instead of the earlier deadline of July 29.
The period for filing claims and objections will be from August 17 to September 16, while the final electoral roll will be published on October 19, replacing the previous date of October 7.
The SIR exercise was undertaken to update and verify electoral rolls ahead of the future elections....