New Delhi: On the eve of publication of draft electoral rolls in Bihar based on the publication phase of the Special Intensive Amendment (SIR) exercise, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar said that the physical and digital copies of the draft role will be given to all recognized political parties by 38 District Election Officers (DOs), which are searching for any misconception or exclusion.The draft rolls will also be available online on the EC portal and the ECINET app. “Bihar’s Chief Electoral Officer and 243 Election Registration Officer (EROS) will invite that assembly constituency or any electorate of any recognized political party in Bihar and to create claims and objections from August 1 to September 2025, to add the names of the missing election, to add the names of the missing electoral,”Sources said that the roll would reflect exclusion not only on the basis of the report of booth level officials related to the deceased, transferred permanently and unreliable voters and which were found to be nominated in many places (all have a total of 65 million), but also new voters have also moved to Bihar. “Any Form 6 (first voter) or Form 8 (shifting from outside Bihar), in the required format, and with the necessary documents, including evidence of their citizenship, where applicable, where applicable is applied, their parents’ citizenship, during the nomination phase, and their application is processed, and their application is processed, will be applied to the draft role.The official said that applications for addition to the role will be accepted by the last day of nomination for the upcoming Bihar elections. The EC earlier said that it would run a special nomination drive for new and transferred voters in August.
