{
  "id": 11386801,
  "title": "EC orders special drive to add ‘left-out’, first-time voters after SIR deletions; BLOs to visit homes",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/ec-orders-special-drive-to-add-left-out-first-time-voters-after-sir",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-02T07:17:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindustan Times",
    "slug": "hindustan-times",
    "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/eci-directs-special-drive-to-enrol-voters-in-states-where-sir-has-been-completed-101790925451443.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In a letter to the chief electoral officers, the ECI instructed a special drive to enrol left-out and first-time young electors",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Business Standard IN",
        "title": "SIR row: ECI orders special drive to enrol 'left-out' voters in 20 states",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/sir-row-eci-orders-special-drive-to-enrol-left-out-voters-in-20-states",
        "published": "2026-10-02T03:54:05.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hindu",
        "title": "ECI to conduct special drive to enrol left-out, first-time eligible electors in Tamil Nadu",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/eci-to-conduct-special-drive-to-enrol-left-out-first-time-eligible",
        "published": "2026-10-02T07:16:17.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}