EC Mulls Door-to-Door Verification of Voters

With an eye on ensuring greater accuracy in electoral rolls in Bihar where assembly polls are due later this year, the Election Commission on Sunday announced that it was contemplating an intensive house-to-house verification during the revision of the voter list in the state.

- Mukesh Ranjan @New Delhi

Official sources said the move is aimed at freeing the electoral rolls of errors, if any. Officials pointed out that concerns have been raised by various civil society organisations, political parties and others persistently over the inclusion or deletion of names in the electoral