Include all eligible voters in local body rolls: YSRCP

Tadepalli, Oct 10: YSRCP State General Secretary and MLC Lella Appi Reddy urged the Andhra Pradesh State Election Commission to ensure that all eligible voters enrolled in the Election Commission of India’s electoral rolls up to July 15, 2026 are included in the electoral rolls for the forthcoming local body elections. 
In a representation submitted to the State Election Commissioner, Appi Reddy said the Commission has indicated that electoral rolls as on February 5, 2026 would be considered for the local body polls. He pointed out that several eligible citizens were duly enrolled in the electoral rolls after February 5 and up to July 15, when the Special Intensive Revision process commenced and voter registration was understood to have been frozen.
He said these voters had completed the prescribed enrolment process and their names had become part of the official electoral record. Excluding them by adopting an earlier version of the rolls would deny eligible citizens their opportunity to participate in the democratic process.
YSRCP requested the State Election Commission to adopt the electoral rolls updated up to July 15, 2026, including all approved supplementary additions and corrections, and issue uniform instructions to all concerned authorities.
The party also sought publication of the updated local body electoral rolls sufficiently in advance so that voters can verify their names and seek correction of any omissions.