New Delhi, Sept. 21 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) has instructed its state electoral officers to be prepared for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) rollout by 30th September, signalling that the electoral authority could launch the voter list cleanup exercise as early as October or November.

Earlier this month, at a conference of state chief electoral officers (CEOs) in New Delhi, the EC top brass had told them to be ready for the Special Intensive Revision rollout in the next 10 to 15 days. But for the sake of greater clarity, the deadline of September 30 was fixed, reported PTI, citing officials.

The poll body has directed state CEOs to keep voter lists of their states, published after the last SIR, ready.

Several state...