Overview
- Assam will run a Special Revision using pre-filled registers rather than SIR’s blank forms, with door-to-door verification from November 22 to December 20, a draft roll on December 27, and the final roll on February 10, 2026.
- Entries for D-Voters will be carried forward in Assam’s draft rolls without fresh field checks unless a Foreigners’ Tribunal or court changes their status, reflecting the state’s NRC-linked framework.
- Kerala has petitioned the Supreme Court to defer the SIR until after the December 9 and 11 local body polls, citing severe staffing demands and a direct clash with election timelines.
- Revenue department staff in Tamil Nadu say they will boycott SIR duties from November 18 over workload and training gaps, as officials rush distribution, collection, and digitisation of enumeration forms.
- An ECI delegation reached Kolkata to review West Bengal’s SIR, with plans to use AI-based face matching to flag duplicate entries, while Assam officials activate de-duplication checks and expand polling stations to cap booth size.