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Around 95,000 Voter Records Auto‑Generated After Uttarakhand Electors Tagged Ineligible in SIR
✍️ Hindustan Times
🗓 25 Sep 2026, 11:02 AM
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The Election Commission’s Systematic Voter Registration (SIR) flagged thousands of voters in Uttarakhand as ineligible, prompting the automatic creation of about 95,000 Form 7 records.
The Election Commission’s Systematic Voter Registration (SIR) system has identified a large batch of electors in Uttarakhand as ineligible, leading to the auto‑generation of roughly 95,000 Form 7 entries. Form 7 is the official document used to record a voter’s removal from the electoral roll and to initiate the process for a new entry.
According to the commission’s data, the ineligibility tags were applied after a routine verification of residency, age and other eligibility criteria. Once a voter is marked ineligible, the SIR automatically creates a Form 7 to ensure the record is updated without manual intervention.
Election officials said the move is procedural and does not imply any wrongdoing by the affected voters. The commission will now contact the listed individuals to verify their details and, where appropriate, issue fresh registration forms so they can be reinstated before the next election cycle.
The large volume of auto‑generated forms has raised concerns about the speed of the verification process, but authorities assure that the system is designed to handle such spikes and that no voter will be disenfranchised without due notice.
According to the commission’s data, the ineligibility tags were applied after a routine verification of residency, age and other eligibility criteria. Once a voter is marked ineligible, the SIR automatically creates a Form 7 to ensure the record is updated without manual intervention.
Election officials said the move is procedural and does not imply any wrongdoing by the affected voters. The commission will now contact the listed individuals to verify their details and, where appropriate, issue fresh registration forms so they can be reinstated before the next election cycle.
The large volume of auto‑generated forms has raised concerns about the speed of the verification process, but authorities assure that the system is designed to handle such spikes and that no voter will be disenfranchised without due notice.