The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday, 10 October 2026, resolved age-related discrepancies in the electoral rolls for approximately 2.7 lakh voters across Maharashtra, completing the corrective exercise before the claims and objections window closed. The intervention was initiated at the specific request of Maharashtra Chief Electoral Officer S. Chockalingam and spared affected voters the burden of filing Form-8 individually for age corrections.

What the ECI Corrected and Why It Matters

According to the Office of the Maharashtra CEO, the ECI team resolved the age discrepancies “in time, that is, before the claims and objections period ended, thus avoiding the need of filling up Form-8 for age correction.” The fix ensures greater accuracy in voter lists and removes a procedural hurdle that would have required lakhs of individuals to submit correction forms on their own. This proactive step is part of the broader Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls currently under way across the state.

Notices had already been issued to 1.22 crore voters flagged for logical errors or missing document matches. Of the 1.51 crore voters whose names were omitted from draft rolls, only around 3.9 lakh had resubmitted fresh registration forms in the preceding month — a gap that election authorities are now working urgently to close.

Key Deadlines and the SIR Timeline

The ECI earlier extended the deadline for filing claims and objections under the SIR drive to 12 October in Maharashtra. Processing of notices, claims, and objections will continue until 10 November, and the state’s final voter list is scheduled for official publication on 16 November. Citizens can submit applications through both offline and online channels, and those whose names appear on the absent or migrated voters’ list can apply for re-enrolment or correction at ceoelection.maharashtra.gov.in.

To ease the filing process, voters are no longer required to visit Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) in person; notices and supporting documents can now be submitted directly via WhatsApp.

Weekend Voter Registration Camps

Special voter registration camps are being held at all designated polling stations on 10 and 11 October to reach citizens who were unavailable during door-to-door verification by Booth Level Officers (BLOs). BLOs are present at campus sites to assist students with application forms and queries. District Collectors have been directed to organise dedicated enrollment camps across junior and senior colleges, with mandatory reporting on student voter enrollment numbers.

The Office of the Maharashtra CEO has also launched targeted registration drives and door-to-door verification campaigns across the state, with BLOs conducting home visits to identify eligible citizens missing from the draft electoral roll and to collect Form-6 after verification.

CM Fadnavis Urges Citizens to Act Before Deadline

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday issued a strong appeal to citizens to utilise the weekend camps before the 12 October cut-off. “Designated polling stations across the state are hosting special camps this weekend to assist citizens who missed home visits by Booth Level Officers. Eligible citizens—particularly young or first-time voters whose names are missing from the draft electoral rolls—have been urged to fill out Form-6 for immediate registration,” Fadnavis said.

Defending the SIR exercise, Fadnavis noted that rapid urbanisation, frequent migration, and demographic changes make periodic verification necessary to keep voter lists accurate. He described the current exercise as a natural extension of India’s decades-old electoral tradition, adding that the state administration has streamlined the weekend camps to ensure no genuine, eligible voter is disenfranchised. The final voter list will be published on 16 November, and all pending formalities must be completed before the 12 October deadline.