India, Oct. 29 -- Days after the Opposition levelled allegations of anomalies in the electoral rolls, which largely have names repeatedly registered in multiple wards, the State Election Commission (SEC) has written to the local bodies to undertake a special drive to identify such voters and ensure that they vote at only one booth. This means that voters registered multiple times will have to choose one booth and give an undertaking that they will not vote at any other.

The SEC, in its primary assessment, has found that many voters, especially in the urban bodies, have registered themselves in multiple wards, and in the absence of a Special Summary Revision this year, the names continue to exist. Opposition parties, in a meeting with the...