India: Mass Voter Roll Exclusions Deeply Flawed

Click to expand Image Protesters demand the scrapping of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and the resignation of India’s top election official, in Hyderabad, India, on October 24, 2026. © 2026 Jwala Kotesh/NurPhoto via AP Photo The Indian authorities’ removal of over 130 million names from the country’s electoral rolls was arbitrary and deeply flawed.Indian authorities first stripped millions of citizens of their right to vote and are now beating and jailing them for peace