India, Jan. 31 -- Election officials held a training for Booth Level Officers (BLOs) on voter list verification in the Malabar Hill Assembly constituency on January 27, but several school teachers could not attend as the session took place during school hours. The training forms part of preparations for the upcoming Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists.

The Deputy Tahsildar (Election) organised the training where officials had to map names in the existing voter list with the final electoral roll prepared during the 2002 special revision. Election officials said this exercise is meant to improve the accuracy and reliability of electoral data.

Officials said they found errors in the mapping data submitted by some BLOs, many of ...