Lucknow, Jan. 28 -- To expedite the hearing of notices, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday appointed 6,948 more assistant electoral registration officers (AEROs) in Uttar Pradesh, taking their total count to 8,990 from the previous 2,042.

Uttar Pradesh chief electoral officer (CEO) Navdeep Rinwa said notices had been served on 10.4 million voters who filed their enumeration forms and had not been mapped to the final voter list of the 2003 Special Intensive Revision. Such voters have been asked to produce documentary evidence.

"Another 22.2 million voters have been identified in the state whose mapping was found to have logical discrepancies. Notices are also being issued to such voters and documentary evidence has been so...