New Delhi: A delegation of Opposition political parties and civil society organisations met the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Delhi on Monday (November 9) to discuss measures to safeguard every eligible voter’s right to vote during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR). The development comes days after the Election Commission of India (ECI) announced a revised procedure – minus Form 6 – for voters marked Absent, Shifted, Dead or Duplicate (ASDD) in seven states including Delhi.The delegation included Amit Mishra (Aam Aadmi Party), Dinesh Varshney (Communist Party of India), Anurag Saxena (Communist Party of India-Marxist), Shamsher Singh (Communist Party of India-Marxist-Leninist), R.S. Dagar (Revolutionary Socialist Party), Hari Shankar (All India Forward Bloc), Anjali Bhardwaj and Mansi (Voter Adhikar Manch), Amrita Johri (Satark Nagrik Sangathan), Kareena (Jan Sarokar) and Anjali (Centre for Financial Accountability).The meeting focused on implementing the order dated November 6, issued in the context of the Supreme Court’s observations during its October 28 hearing on SIR, and addressing difficulties faced by voters. The CEO accepted several suggestions and issued directions, with a Standard Operating Procedure (SoP) expected to be released shortly, the delegation announced shortly after the visit.Among the key proposals was the restoration of voting rights for voters in the national capital whose names were deleted and subsequently included in the ASDD list published on August 31.Such voters would be allowed to submit an enumeration form while retaining their original voter serial and Elector Photo Identity Card (EPIC) numbers, as per the ECI’s revised norms for seven states, which include Maharashtra, Haryana, Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Telangana and Nagaland, apart from Delhi.Also read: In 7 States, EC Offers Left Out Voters Another Chance to Get Back on Rolls, Without Form 6The delegation also requested that voters who had applied for re-enrolment through Form 6 after August 31 be assigned their original EPIC numbers – another assurance in the order issued to the CEOs of the 7 states. The CEO, Delhi, assured the delegation that this proposal would be considered, the parties and organisations said after the visit.On applications seeking deletion of names through Form 7, the delegation called for verification by the concerned Booth Level Agents, public disclosure of all such applications and timely notices to affected voters. It stressed that no deletion should be approved without a fair hearing. The delegation also raised concerns over allegedly incorrect Form 7 applications in Mustafabad and sought appropriate action.It was further demanded that cases in which Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) or Assistant Electoral Registration Officers (AEROs) had filed Form 7 applications would be re-examined. The practice has come to light in several parts of the country, especially in West Bengal, where mass deletion of 16 lakh voters was prompted by requests from the election commission staff itself.In Delhi, around a third of objections via Form 7 applications were missing from the mandatory disclosures made during the first 45 days of the claims and objections phase of the SIR.The delegation called for officials, from EROs to Booth Level Officers (BLOs), to be sensitised to ensure strict compliance with Election Commission and Delhi CEO directives, particularly in cases involving the wrongful deletion of voters’ names.It also sought special enrolment camps in unauthorised colonies, JJ clusters and slum settlements, where many daily-wage earners and unorganised-sector workers live in rented accommodation. The camps were proposed for early morning hours from 7 am and evenings between 7 pm and 10 pm to accommodate working residents.Other demands included public disclosure of names removed from electoral rolls before the SIR exercise, along with the reasons for deletion, and a “fixed timeline” for processing Form 6 applications.Delhi’s electoral rolls had 11 lakh more voters before the SIR began, a study by Voter Adhikar Manch, based on records published by the ECI and Delhi’s chief electoral officer (CEO) as well as Sabar Institute data revealed in September. The same study found that in 68 of 70 constituencies in the national capital, deletions exceeded the winning margins of the 2025 assembly elections.The delegation also asked the CEO to submit details of voters found to have been wrongly deleted from the electoral rolls during surveys conducted by its member organisations.Citing discrepancies identified in the ASDD list across several Assembly constituencies, the representatives called for surprise inspections of BLOs’ work in the affected areas and elsewhere. They also proposed extending the deadline for the reinstatement of 47,56,722 (close to 47.6 lakh) voters excluded from the draft roll in light of the November 6 order. They proposed that these electors must get an extension of the reinstatement deadline.The delegation maintained that ensuring the restoration of every eligible citizen’s right to vote was the responsibility of the Election Commission and that it could not absolve itself of this duty.For our full coverage on the SIR and the issues it has brought to citizens, click here.