Barely 0.012% of Bihar voters are ‘foreigners’, most are Nepali women married to Indian men
The BJP has amplified rhetoric about ‘infiltrators’ on the rolls. But 85% of the ‘ineligible’ voters are clustered in four […]
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How Bihar SIR helped 36 key poll officials overstay their terms
Their transfers were due by July-August at the end of their three-year term. But they continue to remain in their
How booth-level officers in Bihar are deleting voters arbitrarily
An analysis of 200 booths, along with interviews with 17 BLOs and 100 individuals – either voters who were removed or family members of those who were – reveal that highly inconsistent procedures were followed for these deletions.
On the ground in Bihar: Hundreds of voters, one address
In five constituencies, 1,50,000 voters are clustered around just 1200-1,300 households, an analysis of the draft electorate rolls revealed. We investigated 14 such cases in four constituencies – some with hundreds registered to a single address.