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One Voter, Two States: The Duplication Problem the Electoral Roll Cannot See

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The YSRCP has petitioned the Election Commission of India alleging duplication of voter entries across State boundaries, and has sought postponement of booth rationalisation in Andhra Pradesh until the final electoral roll is published. The complaint touches a structural feature of India's electoral roll rather than an isolated administrative lapse: rolls are prepared constituency by constituency under the Representation of the People Act, 1950, and registration requires ordinary residence in that constituency, so a person who migrates and enrols afresh may remain on the roll at the former address until deleted. Section 17 of the 1950 Act prohibits registration in more than one constituency and Section 18 prohibits more than one entry in the same constituency, but enforcement depends on detection. Booth rationalisation, the redrawing of polling station boundaries to balance elector numbers, interacts with this because it redistributes electors between stations.

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POLITYRecallEasy

Q1. A person is entitled to be registered as a voter in which constituency, under the law governing electoral rolls?

AIn any constituency of their choice anywhere in India, and in more than one if they own property in each.
BIn the constituency where they are ordinarily resident, and a person may be registered in only one constituency.
CIn the constituency of their birth, regardless of where they currently live.
DIn every State where they have held a job at any time.
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POLITYApplicationMedium

Q2. Cross-State voter duplication is described as a structural feature of a residence-based electoral roll rather than necessarily evidence of fraud. Which one of the following best explains why?

ABecause the law permits a person to vote in two States, so duplication is lawful.
BBecause when people migrate between States for work, their name may be added to the roll at the new residence while the old entry is not promptly deleted, producing a duplicate without any intent to vote twice.
CBecause electoral rolls are compiled only once a decade, so migration is never captured.
DBecause duplication arises only from deliberate impersonation by voters.
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POLITYAnalysisHard

Q3. Consider the following statements regarding electoral roll management: 1. Superintendence, direction and control of the preparation of electoral rolls is vested in the Election Commission of India under Article 324. 2. A name may be sought to be deleted from a roll through the statutory objection process, and duplication across constituencies is resolved by removing the entry at the place the person no longer ordinarily resides. 3. The existence of a duplicate entry on the rolls of two States automatically means that two votes were cast in that person's name at an election. Which of the statements given above are correct?

A1 and 2 only
B1 only
C2 and 3 only
D1, 2 and 3
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