The Election Commission of India conducted a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Uttar Pradesh, resulting in the deletion of 2.89 crore names – the highest for any state so far. Around 18.7% of names were removed, mostly due to migration or verification failures. Urban districts bore the brunt, with Lucknow alone losing over 12 lakh names out of nearly 40 lakh voters. Voters like Vimarsh Bajpai and Apoorva Snehil Katayayan struggled with form availability and registration after moving homes, while some, like Ayush and Rajeevdas Mehrotra, found their names missing due to technical glitches. Duplicate registrations are common as many migrant workers register in both their urban work locations and native villages, choosing to vote from their home constituencies. For example, in Noida’s Harola village polling booth, 148 of 1,148 voters had duplicate registrations across states. Overall, 1.65% of voters were registered in more than one place. This has caused worry among political workers, as many voters want to vote in local gram panchayat elections where every vote counts. Several voters, including Congress leader Gurdeep Singh Sappal, reported being asked to fill fresh voter forms despite earlier registrations. He said, "The system is flawed," highlighting confusion over moving voter registration. Voter apathy in urban areas added to the challenge during the enumeration phase. Groups in minority-dominated towns, worried about citizenship verification, organized help camps to assist voters. Community leaders like Mohd. Wajahat Shah spent months ensuring people’s names linked correctly to the 2003 voter rolls. Local leaders across districts like Sardhana and Saharanpur organized awareness campaigns and aided voters in filling forms and gathering documents. The Election Commission plans to finalize rolls by March 6 after a claims and objections period ending February 6. Starting mid-January, hearings for unmapped voters from the old rolls will be held, with additional officers assigned to speed up the process. Officials expect BLOs to assist with document collection to ease voter burdens. The SIR process took 62 days in Uttar Pradesh, including three extensions.