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How to Remove a Name From the Electoral Roll

September 5, 2026

Deletions run on Form 7. It covers three different situations, and there are real protections against a name being removed wrongly.

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How to Find Your Polling Booth

September 4, 2026

Your polling station is assigned by the Election Commission and can change between elections. Here is how to confirm it before polling day.

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Postal Ballots and Voting Away From Home

September 3, 2026

A defined set of electors may vote by post, and some can vote at home. Both routes are narrower than people assume.

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How to Apply for a New Voter ID (Form 6)

August 31, 2026

First-time registration in India runs on Form 6. What you need, how to file it online, and how long the EPIC takes to arrive.

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Your Booth Level Officer, and How to Reach Them

August 28, 2026

For most voter problems the BLO is faster than any helpline, and almost nobody uses them. What they can do, and what they cannot.

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How to Check Your Name in the Voter List Online

August 27, 2026

Your name can be missing from the electoral roll even if you voted last time. Here is how to check it in about two minutes, and what to do if it is not there.

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First-Time Voter: What Actually Happens at the Booth

August 26, 2026

Voting takes a couple of minutes. Here is the whole sequence, from the queue to the VVPAT slip, and what to do if something goes wrong.

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How Electoral Roll Revision Works

August 23, 2026

The roll is revised on a published timetable with a window to challenge it. Miss the window and nothing can be fixed at the booth.

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Duplicate Voter ID Entries and How to Fix Them

August 22, 2026

Being registered twice is not a spare vote. It usually happens after a move, and the risk is that the wrong entry gets deleted.

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If Someone Has Already Voted in Your Name

August 20, 2026

There is a defined procedure, the tendered ballot, and it only works if you raise it at the booth there and then.

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How to Report an Electoral Offence

August 16, 2026

Cash for votes, campaigning in the silence period, banners without permission. cVIGIL takes geo-tagged evidence and answers in 100 minutes.

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Voting When You Live Away From Home

August 12, 2026

Millions live in one city and are registered in another. There is no general absentee ballot, so you have three options and two need deciding early.

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Women’s Reservation in the Lok Sabha and Assemblies

The law reserving a third of Lok Sabha and Assembly seats for women is in force, yet no seat is reserved. Here is what it covers and what it is waiting for.

Graduate and Teacher Voters: Enrolling for Legislative Council Elections

Being on the last roll is not enough: graduates' and teachers' rolls are rebuilt before each election. Here is who can enrol, which form to use and when.

What Is a Legislative Council?

Only six states have a Legislative Council. Here is who sits in it, how members get there, and how graduates and teachers can vote for MLCs directly.

Service Voters: How Armed Forces Personnel Register and Vote

Posted away from home, you can still vote in your own constituency. Here is who counts as a service voter, how to enrol, and how postal and proxy voting work.

How MPs and MLAs Can Be Disqualified

A conviction, an office of profit or defection can cost an MP or MLA their seat. Here is how each ground works, who decides, and what happens next.