India, Jan. 22 -- The Uttar Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Navdeep Rinwa, said a special provision has been built into the online Form 6 system to allow voters whose names do not appear in the draft electoral roll after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) to apply for inclusion without losing continuity of their earlier registration.

Rinwa, speaking to HT at ECI's International Conference in New Delhi on Wednesday said that while filling Form 6 online, applicants are prompted to choose whether they are a "new voter" or an "existing voter before SIR 2026". "If the applicant selects the option of existing voter before SIR, the Electors Photo Identity Card (EPIC) number has to be entered," he said.

According to Rinwa, the system v...