‘System Auto Generated Them’: Karnataka Poll Officials After 61,059 Form 7s Filed without Specific Grounds

‘System auto generated them’: Karnataka poll officials after 61,059 Form 7s filed without specific grounds

The explanation comes amid a controversy over why none of the applications specified the grounds for seeking deletion of voters' names.

Karnataka Voter Roll Revision, Bulk Form 7 Deletions Spark Scrutiny And Political Row

The Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Karnataka has come under scrutiny following the submission of thousands of Form 7 applications for voter deletion. Election officials have submitted over 61,000 deletion forms without specifying mandatory reasons, following the removal of 1.07 crore names during the enumeration phase. Earlier records show that over 1.28 lakh deletion applications were filed prior to the exercise, including bul…

Karnataka poll officials sought deletions of 61,000 voters without citing reasons: ‘The Hindu’

The officials said that the Form 7 applications were ‘auto-generated’ with their digital signatures amid the special intensive revision of electoral rolls.

Over 61,000 Form-7 applications filed by election officials in Karnataka, none cites reason

Officials say they were instructed to file Form-7 applications for shifted, duplicate, underage, deceased and non-citizen voters, but auto-generated forms left the reason blank

Karnataka SIR: 61,059 voter deletion forms filed without reasons

The forms were reportedly generated automatically when voters could not be contacted during hearings, with more than 50,000 submitted in the final week before October 22.