Over 27 lakh West Bengal voters , whose names were struck off electoral rolls due to “logical discrepancies” in the Special Intensive Revision, watched polling day pass them by Wednesday unable to vote, uncertain about their appeals, and with no clear answer on whether additional documents proving their identity can even be submitted. As booths across the state closed, fewer than 2,000 of the 34 lakh-odd pending appeals had been cleared by the 19 Appellate Tribunals appointed on Supreme Court orders in March. The appeals are against exclusions and inclusions carried out by around 700 Judicial Officers appointed by the court in February. The procedure followed so far has raised two key questions: whether appellants can submit fresh documents; and whether the tribunals can accept documents beyond the 13 identified by the EC in its SIR instructions. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the SIR dharna in Kolkata’s Esplanade.…