India’s Maharashtra state will hold voter registration camps on October 10 and 11.
The deadline for claims and new registrations is October 12.
The drive is part of the Election Commission’s revision of electoral rolls.
Applications can be made online or at polling stations.
Officials have appealed for digital submissions.
Form 6 is the form that eligible citizens use to apply for inclusion in the electoral roll.
People who have moved and appear on the absent or migrated list compiled during house-to-house enumeration can apply for re-enrolment or correction.
That list is available on the website of the Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra, at ceoelection.maharashtra.gov.in.
Applications can be handed to the Electoral Registration Officer, the Assistant Electoral Registration Officer, the local Booth Level Officer or a designated polling station on camp days.
Applications can also be submitted online through the Election Commission’s voter services portal, voters.eci.gov.in, or the ECINET mobile app.
The office has appealed to people to apply digitally where they can, according to The Hans India.
Electoral Registration Officers will process complete applications with the required supporting documents for inclusion in the assembly constituency voter lists.
On October 5, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis defended the SIR as a routine but essential process that needs periodic, in-depth verification so that no eligible citizen is excluded.
The Supreme Court heard petitions on the Special Intensive Revision on October 5, and on the Form 6 declaration used in it.
Applicants should keep their supporting documents ready, because incomplete applications cannot be processed.
The office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra, announced new measures on October 8, 2026 under the Special Intensive Revision, or SIR, of electoral rolls.
The deadline for claims, objections and new registration requests is October 12.
Special voter registration camps will be held at all designated polling stations on Saturday, October 10 and Sunday, October 11.
Women queueing to vote (representative image), Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0
