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PANAJI: The Chief Electoral Office has flagged nearly one lakh voters for removal from the upcoming draft electoral roll after they were categorised as absent, shifted, deceased or duplicate (ASDD) during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR).
With the deadline for submission and digitisation of enumeration forms ending on Thursday, officials have also identified around 1.87 lakh “unmapped” voters whose details could not be matched with past electoral records. These voters will now be required to establish proof of citizenship to remain on Goa’s rolls.
CEO Sanjay Goel said that of the 11.85 lakh forms distributed during the revision exercise, 10.85 lakh were submitted and processed. Based on this scrutiny, the names of the one lakh ASDD voters will be struck off in the draft roll scheduled for release on December 16.
The list of such voters will be made available on the CEO’s website, displayed at District Returning Offices and posted at major public institutions.
Goel said that BLOs made repeated visits to verify voter addresses, and many individuals were either not found at their registered residences, had relocated permanently, had passed away, or confirmed they were already enrolled in another constituency.
A major outcome of the verification is the discovery that about 15% of current voters — roughly 1.85 lakh people — could not be matched with entries in the 2002 electoral rolls. Neither their names nor their parents’ names were traceable in the older records, raising citizenship–related queries.
These voters will remain listed in the draft roll for now, Goel clarified, but they must submit documents proving that their parents were Indian citizens as of 2002. Notices will be sent to them by the Assistant Returning Officers, detailing the schedule for hearings before Electoral Registration Officers, who will take the final call on whether these names should stay or be deleted.
