The Election Commission of India (ECI)’s announcement of the second round of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls comes after Bihar, where many questions about the revision remain unanswered. Ensuring representative electoral rolls is the central idea behind the fresh exercise, to be held in 12 states and Union Territories, including West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala. In Bihar, the SIR was initiated with a stated objective to update the rolls, with a focus on the presence of migrant and ineligible voters. However, the exercise was plagued with procedural lapses and hurried implementation, making it difficult for the voters. Though the Supreme Court’s intervention addressed some of the shortcomings and corrected gross lapses, the outcome was far from perfect.

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