The Chief Electoral Officer has directed the District Election Officers and the Electoral Registration Officers to have helpdesks for the third gender electors as well as persons with disabilities (PwDs) who do not have elector’s photo identity cards (EPICs) during the claims and objections phase which begins on December 9.
As of now, over 4.81 lakh persons with disabilities and 9,464 third gender electors were enrolled as voters, the CEO said in an official release.
The enumeration forms were being distributed through the booth-level officers concerned among the third gender electors and persons with disabilities (PwD) whose names are already there on the electoral roll, the CEO said.
Necessary assistance was provided to them for filling up the enumeration forms through volunteers, the CEO said. “During the Special Intensive Revision of the electoral roll, 2026, the Election Commission of India has issued instructions that genuine electors, particularly the old, the sick, the persons with disabilities, the poor and other vulnerable groups, are helped to the extent possible, including through deployment of volunteers,” the CEO said.
Published – November 22, 2025 12:24 am IST
