NEW DELHI — The body constitutionally mandated to ensure free and fair elections has clarified that its requirement to transact business "unanimously" simply means the Chief Election Commissioner makes a decision, and the other two commissioners unanimously object.

The clarification follows revelations that more than 13 crore names were recently struck off draft voter rolls across 30 states and union territories.

Internal documents show that over a 10-month period, the dissenting commissioners filed 14 formal objections regarding unauthorized changes to voter registration protocols and centralized restrictions on the ERONet database. A commission spokesperson dismissed concerns over the unilateral actions, explaining in a statement that "differing views and observations are a normal part of deliberation," particularly when those views are systematically ignored to bypass state-level electoral officers.

"By revoking proper portal access from state officials, our IT directorate has successfully secured the electoral rolls from the people legally required to oversee them," one official explained, before carefully feeding a newly submitted objection regarding database integrity into a heavy-duty paper shredder.