Field verification of details of voters under the National Electoral Roll Purification and Authentication Programme (NERPAP) began in the district on Wednesday, said Collector Sajjansing R. Chavan. In a statements issued here, he said booth-level officials would go door-to-door to collect information such as Aadhaar card and Electors’ Photo Identity Card (EPIC) numbers, mobile phone numbers and e-mail addresses of the voters. The electors had to give photocopies of their Aadhaar cards and EPICs to the officials.
The voters with more than one entry in electoral rolls could submit Form 7 to the officials. The voters could submit Form 8 for corrections, if any, in the entries in the voters list. Those who wished to change their photos could submit passport size photographs. The exercise would continue till April 6. A review meeting of the officials was held at the Collectorate earlier in the week, it added.