INDIAN EXPRESS DATED 10TH JULY 2025

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INDIAN EXPRESS DATED 10TH JULY 2025.

1.    EC Doesn’t Follow Own Practice, Puts Onus on Voters, Ignores Existing           Rolls

The Election Commission (EC) has come under criticism for deviating from its own established practices during the electoral roll revision process. Observers and civil society groups point out that the EC’s decision to discard the pre-existing rolls and make fresh enrolment the responsibility of voters risks disenfranchising millions, especially migrant and marginalised populations. While the EC defends this as a move to ensure updated and clean rolls, critics argue that this approach undermines the principle of universal suffrage. They highlight how such a step increases the burden on the citizen, rather than the state, to secure their democratic rights. The editorial underscores the irony of a constitutional body designed to protect voting