Overview
- Viriato Fernandes was directed to appear before the AERO on January 27 with original documents to retain his name on the electoral roll.
- The AERO and Goa CEO said mandatory fields from the last Special Intensive Revision—assembly constituency number, part number and serial number—were not filled in.
- Because the form could not be linked to the existing record, the system placed it in an ‘unmapped’ category and auto-generated a hearing notice as per procedure.
- Fernandes, a first-time MP and former Navy officer, highlighted his continuous voter registration since 1989 and voiced concern about potential risks for ordinary voters.
- Recent SIR data in Goa show over 1,00,000 names deleted from draft rolls, intensifying scrutiny of how administrative errors may affect legitimate electors.