{
  "id": 11717937,
  "title": "SIR exercise: Nine lakh names dropped from Uttarakhand’s poll roll; State now has 71.59 lakh voters",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/sir-exercise-nine-lakh-names-dropped-from-uttarakhands-poll-roll",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-03T15:34:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/sir-exercise-nine-lakh-names-dropped-from-uttarakhands-poll-roll-state-now-has-7159-lakh-voters/article71540837.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The State will now begin a special drive to enrol missing and eligible voters, following the nearly 10% decline in the electoral roll, with a large number of voters placed in the ‘uncollectable (ASDD)’ category",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "Uttarakhand’s SIR final roll is out — but the voter enrolment exercise isn’t over yet",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/uttarakhands-sir-final-roll-is-out-but-the-voter-enrolment-exercise",
        "published": "2026-10-03T09:02:36.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}