Ranchi: As hearings continue for electors served notices over discrepancies in electoral rolls, many are struggling to arrange documents required to retain their names on the voter list.Voters, mostly from Hindpiri, queued up at the Ranchi collectorate near Kutchery Chowk on Saturday.Md Bittu said he received a notice after officials found that his father’s name in the 2003 electoral roll, prepared during the previous Special Intensive Revision (SIR), did not match the name recorded in the 2024-25 roll.He was first called on Sept 19 and asked to appear again on Saturday after officials could not map his details. He said he had brought documents and hoped his name would remain on the roll.Heena Sanya said officials had pointed out a mismatch in her name and asked her to submit an affidavit. “The officers told me an affidavit would be required. I am getting it prepared and will submit it along with the other documents,” she said.Md Arshad Ali, a resident of Hindpiri, said many people were given only five days between receiving the notice and attending the hearing. “The time given to me was very short,” he said, adding that low literacy and lack of awareness were contributing to the problems.Meanwhile, chief electoral officer K Ravi Kumar told officials that voters served SIR notices would not have to submit separate documents for every ground mentioned.Officials only need to establish whether a person is an Indian citizen, had turned 18 by Oct 1, and ordinarily resides in the polling station area.Kumar said discrepancies could have resulted from enumeration errors, faulty mapping during the previous SIR or incorrect entries. The hearings, he said, were intended to identify eligible Indian citizens, not correct every earlier SIR error.
