BENGALURU: As the state moved to the next phase of special intensive revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls, Monday, with the claims and notice period, draft SIR rolls already had 1.07 cr of Karnataka’s 5.5 cr voters axed as they were on the ASDDO category.That number was frozen on Aug 17 night. Now, the election commission will now work with just 4.4 cr voters who are on the draft rolls. Of these, at least 4.02 crore will make it to the final list of Oct 27 as they are not due for notices.Of the 4.4 cr voters on the draft list, the remainder 43.81 lakh voters are due to receive notices and have to furnish documents, and upon verification, they too can be added to the final rolls that will be published Oct 27.Bengaluru emerged as the biggest hotspot for SIR voter verification as 46.88 lakh of its 1.03 cr voters left out of the draft rolls. And from 56.99 lakh who made it to the draft rolls, 24 lakh face notices.How the notice phase will work :Booth level officers (BLOs) will deliver the notices over the next two months. These cover voters who either did not map themselves to the 2002 electoral data or whose mapping threw up one of nine logical discrepancies identified by the chief electoral officer’s (CEO) office.All such voters will be listed at their respective polling stations, CEO Anbu Kumar told reporters.A voter who receives a notice will have to produce at least one document from the list of 11 printed on the reverse of the enumeration form.The electoral registration officer (ERO) can seek up to three documents, including Aadhaar, and the BLO will upload these during the visit. “But no specific document will be sought right now, it will be a general uploading of documents,” a CEO office official said, adding that the ERO retains discretion to seek a particular document.The notice will specify the date, time and venue of the hearing, which the voter must attend in person; there is no provision for a virtual hearing. Voters who are ill or unable to travel can have the ERO or assistant ERO conduct verification at their homes.A voter who misses the hearing can be given another opportunity at the ERO’s discretion.Officials said hearing venues would generally be close to voters’ homes, and the number of polling booths has been increased so that no voter is more than 2km from where they cast their vote.Once documents are verified, the ERO will issue a speaking order if satisfied with the claim, potentially as early as the following day via the BLO.If a claim is rejected, the ERO must record the reasons in a speaking order, to be delivered by the BLO.Voters whose claims are rejected can appeal to the district election officer, who is also the deputy commissioner, and if unresolved, take the matter up with CEO Anbu Kumar in a second appeal.