Aadhaar a prime authenticator of Voter ID: Govt
2 years, 1 month ago

Aadhaar a prime authenticator of Voter ID: Govt

Live Mint  

Aadhar is one of several documents for authentication and identification for the purposes of purifying the electoral rolls, Union Minister of Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju informed the Rajya Sabha on Thursday. In a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha, the law minister said, “the process of purification of electoral roll is an ongoing process and involves various stakeholders including political parties, at every stage starting from enrolment of voters, amendment in the roll to effect material changes by virtue of change of residence, marriage, etc.” In the process, the electoral registration officer relies upon various documents and undertakes physical verification and also disposes objections, if any. The Election Laws Act, 2021 inter-alia envisaged that the electoral registration officer may also require the Aadhaar number for the purposes of authentication of entries in electoral roll. Therefore, Aadhaar is only one of several documents for authentication and identification for the purposes of purifying the electoral rolls.

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Aadhaar-voter ID linkage: Voters may be allowed to opt out subject to explanation
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4 hours, 42 minutes ago

Aadhaar-voter ID linkage: Voters may be allowed to opt out subject to explanation

Hindustan Times  

Voters may be allowed to opt out of linking Aadhaar with the Elector Photo Identification Cards or voter IDs, provided they explain the reasons for it, including possibly by appearing before poll officials, sparking concerns. On Wednesday, the IE reported that voters declining to share Aadhaar “may” have to appear before the Electoral Registration Officers “to show cause for not …

Voter ID-Aadhar link: Key changes and Election Commission update
6 days, 12 hours ago

Voter ID-Aadhar link: Key changes and Election Commission update

India Today  

The linking of Aadhaar numbers with voter ID cards will be done to reduce fraudulent activities associated with voting and to improve transparency in the election system, according to the ECI. IMPORTANT TAKEAWAYS Participation is optional: Voters have the option to link their Aadhaar with their Voter ID, but choosing not to will not restrict participation in the electoral process. …

Aadhaar-linked voter ID can be an EPIC change
6 days, 21 hours ago

Aadhaar-linked voter ID can be an EPIC change

Hindustan Times  

The sanctity of one eligible citizen, one vote forms the foundation of India’s electoral democracy — it is against this verity that the Election Commission of India ’s move to link the Elector Voter Identification Card to Aadhaar needs to be seen. Aadhaar’s biometric-based verification establishes a person’s identity with near infallibility, and to that end, a centralised EPIC database …

ECI sets the ball rolling on linking voter ID card with Aadhaar
1 week ago

ECI sets the ball rolling on linking voter ID card with Aadhaar

The Hindu  

The Election Commission on Tuesday set the ball rolling for linking Aadhaar with Electoral Photo Identity Card numbers. Commenting on the EC statement on its intent to link EPIC Voter ID numbers with Aadhaar numbers, the Empowered Action Group of Leaders and Experts of the Congress in a statement said the EC must consult all political parties/stakeholders and assure them …

ECI, govt to discuss Voter ID-Aadhaar linkage to address discrepancies in electoral roll
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1 week, 1 day ago

ECI, govt to discuss Voter ID-Aadhaar linkage to address discrepancies in electoral roll

Hindustan Times  

Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar will on Tuesday hold a “high level discussion” on the linking of Voter IDs with Aadhaar amid a clamour to weed out Elector Photo Identity Card related discrepancies in the electoral roll in India. The ECI in a submission to the Supreme Court, later stated that Aadhaar was not mandatory and that it was considering …

Voluntary Aadhaar-voter ID linking: EC, UIDAI to begin technical discussions soon
1 week, 1 day ago

Voluntary Aadhaar-voter ID linking: EC, UIDAI to begin technical discussions soon

India TV News  

Voluntary Aadhaar-voter ID linking: EC, UIDAI to begin technical discussions soon The Election Commission said the process of linking Aadhaar numbers with voter ID cards will follow existing legal provisions and Supreme Court directions. The Election Commission on Tuesday said that linking Aadhaar numbers with voter ID cards will be carried out strictly in accordance with the law and the …

DC Edit | Ensure Citizens’ Data Protected
1 week, 2 days ago

DC Edit | Ensure Citizens’ Data Protected

Deccan Chronicle  

The decision of the Election Commission of India to discuss the possibility of linking elector photo identity card to Aadhaar number of all the voters with the Union government is to be welcomed as it forms part of the poll body’s efforts to make the election process foolproof. The need to come up with a better system to maintain the …

CEC calls top officials’ meeting over linking Aadhaar, voter ID
1 week, 3 days ago

CEC calls top officials’ meeting over linking Aadhaar, voter ID

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar has scheduled detailed discussions for March 18 with secretaries from the Union home ministry and the legislative department about linking Aadhaar identification numbers with voter ID cards, Election Commission of India officials said on Saturday. The legislation amended Section 23 of the Representation of the People Act 1950, empowering electoral registration officers to …

Should voter IDs be linked with Aadhaar? | Explained
2 months, 1 week ago

Should voter IDs be linked with Aadhaar? | Explained

The Hindu  

The story so far: The Aam Aadmi Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party have accused each other of manipulating electoral rolls before the Delhi Assembly elections. Further, the amendment also specifies that no application for inclusion of name in the electoral roll shall be denied and no entries shall be deleted due to the inability of an individual to furnish …

Fake Aadhaar Row: Fresh Delhi Police notice for AAP MLA, Smriti Irani says ‘party supporting Bangladeshi infiltrators’
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2 months, 1 week ago

Fake Aadhaar Row: Fresh Delhi Police notice for AAP MLA, Smriti Irani says ‘party supporting Bangladeshi infiltrators’

Live Mint  

The Delhi Police issued a fresh notice to AAP MLA Mohinder Goyal in connection with a fake Aadhaar card investigation. BJP leaders claim that votes of Bangladeshi infiltrators were being added ahead of the Assembly elections by using fake Aadhar cards. Aam Aadmi Party is standing in support of Bangladeshi infiltrators,” Smriti Irani said on Sunday. According to BJP National …

Sudden rush to register as Delhi voters due to AAP's pro-women scheme: Sources
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Sudden rush to register as Delhi voters due to AAP's pro-women scheme: Sources

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi, The Election Commission on Monday asked officials to scrutinise each and every application for new voter registration to identify genuine people even as sources attributed the sudden rush for enrolment in the Delhi electoral rolls to A's Mahila Samman Yojana. Sudden rush to register as Delhi voters due to AAP's pro-women scheme: Sources Under the populist scheme, the …

Should voter ID be linked with Aadhaar to combat voter fraud? | The Hindu parley podcast
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Should voter ID be linked with Aadhaar to combat voter fraud? | The Hindu parley podcast

The Hindu  

On December 29, 2024, the Aam Aadmi Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party accused each other of manipulating the Delhi electoral rolls in an attempt to win the Delhi Assembly elections, scheduled to be held in February. While the AAP has accused the BJP of submitting applications to the Election Commission of India to get the names of voters removed …

Poll panel explains voter deletion process after AAP alleges electoral roll fraud
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Poll panel explains voter deletion process after AAP alleges electoral roll fraud

India Today  

The Election Commission has responded to the allegations raised by the Aam Aadmi Party over the "removal of large number of voters from the electoral rolls ahead of the upcoming Delhi Assembly polls and detailed the entire process. Earlier this week, Delhi Chief Minister Atishi accused the BJP-led Centre of "misusing government machinery" to delete the names of voters who …

Elections 2024 voter ID Alternatives: Aadhar, PAN and 12 other documents Accepted at Polling Stations
11 months, 1 week ago

Elections 2024 voter ID Alternatives: Aadhar, PAN and 12 other documents Accepted at Polling Stations

The Hindu  

Voters unable to produce an Electors Photo Identity Card can produce any of the 12 listed documents for identification at polling booths on Friday, Erode District Election Officer and Collector Raja Gopal Sunkara has said. In a release, he said that documents that will be allowed are Aadhaar card, job card issued under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, …

100 years old and still voting
11 months, 2 weeks ago

100 years old and still voting

The Hindu  

Curled up under a multicoloured sheet on a folding bed, Kela Devi’s frail body goes easily unnoticed. Khaat bhi paar nahi hoti.” A resident of Haryana’s Nuh, Devi says she has voted throughout her life, but doing so this year looks difficult. “I remember Subhas Chandra Bose, and even the day Sanjay Gandhi died in a plane crash in 1980,” …

Kerala LoP seeks transparency in 'Vote from Home' facility
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Kerala LoP seeks transparency in 'Vote from Home' facility

Deccan Chronicle  

Thiruvananthapuram, Mar 26 Kerala opposition leader V D Satheesan on Wednesday approached the Election Commission of India demanding measures to check the possible misuse of the 'Vote from Home' facility announced for senior citizens and differently-abled persons during the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. In a letter sent to Chief Electoral Officer Sanjay Kaul, the senior Congress leader requested him to …

Linking of Aadhaar card with Voter ID yet to begin, says govt
1 year, 3 months ago

Linking of Aadhaar card with Voter ID yet to begin, says govt

Live Mint  

The Indian government is yet to begin linking Aadhaar cards with voter identity cards. Further, the time period to submit Form 6B has been extended for a period of one year,” said Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal. “The Election Commission of India is responsible under article 324 of the Constitution for superintendence, direction and control of preparation of electoral roll, …

Rajasthan Assembly Election 2023 Voter ID Card: Don't have it? You can still vote with these documents
1 year, 4 months ago

Rajasthan Assembly Election 2023 Voter ID Card: Don't have it? You can still vote with these documents

India TV News  

Rajasthan Assembly Election 2023 Voter ID Card: Don't have it? You can still vote with these documents How to vote without Voter Card in Rajasthan election 2023: While a robust voter turnout is anticipated, a pertinent question arises: Can one cast their vote without a voter ID card? While a robust voter turnout is anticipated, a pertinent question arises: Can …

Aadhaar is not perfect but has proven useful
1 year, 5 months ago

Aadhaar is not perfect but has proven useful

Live Mint  

Given how widely Aadhaar has been hailed as a success in biometric identification to enable policy action, the Moody’s critique of it caught many by surprise. It said the credit rating agency had made sweeping assertions against Aadhaar without citing any empirical evidence and had ignored facts about its identity verification options in suggesting that service failures were resulting in …

Aadhaar Number Not Mandatory For Electoral Rolls, Will Make Changes In Forms To Enrol New Voters: ECI Tells Supreme Court
1 year, 6 months ago

Aadhaar Number Not Mandatory For Electoral Rolls, Will Make Changes In Forms To Enrol New Voters: ECI Tells Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Election Commission of India has given an undertaking to the Supreme Court that it will issue "appropriate clarificatory changes" in Forms 6 and 6B which required details of Aadhaar number for the purpose of electoral roll authentication for new voters.The senior counsel appearing for the Election Commission also told a bench comprising Chief Justice of India. The Election Commission …

Erode (East) bypoll | 12 documents will be accepted as ID proof for voting on February 27
2 years, 1 month ago

Erode (East) bypoll | 12 documents will be accepted as ID proof for voting on February 27

The Hindu  

Erode District Election Officer and Collector H. Krishnanunni has said that voters who are unable to produce an Electors Photo Identity Card can produce any one of 12 listed documents for the purpose of identification while voting at polling booths for the Erode Assembly Constituency by-election, scheduled for February 27. A press release said that documents that will be allowed …

Cong urges EC to convene all party meeting
2 years, 1 month ago

Cong urges EC to convene all party meeting

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Congress urged the Election Commission to convene a meeting of political parties to discuss the anomalies with regard to deletion of photo similar entries and officials quietly linking Aadhaar cards with voter ID cards though it is not mandatory. In a letter addressed to Vikas Raj, Chief Electoral Officer, G. Niranjan, PCC senior vice-president who handles Election Commission …

Union Minister Rijiju Responds to Question on Linkage of Aadhaar With Electoral Rolls in Rajya Sabha
2 years, 1 month ago

Union Minister Rijiju Responds to Question on Linkage of Aadhaar With Electoral Rolls in Rajya Sabha

News 18  

Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday informed Rajya Sabha that Aadhaar is only one of several documents for authentication and identification for the purposes of purifying the electoral rolls. The law minister continued, “In the process, the electoral registration officer relies upon various documents and undertakes physical verification, and also disposes of objections if any. The Election Laws Act, 2021 …

Jharkhand: Around 68% of 2.45 crore voters gets their cards linked with Aadhar
2 years, 2 months ago

Jharkhand: Around 68% of 2.45 crore voters gets their cards linked with Aadhar

Hindustan Times  

RANCHi: Around 68% of the 2.45 crore registered voters in Jharkhand have got their cards seeded with Aadhar, even as the state has recorded a 2.7 per cent hike in the electorate size in the past one year, officials said on Thursday. Around 68% of the 2.45 crore registered voters in Jharkhand have got their cards seeded with Aadhar, officials …

Aadhaar-Voter ID Linking Voluntary; Voters' Names Won't Be Removed For Not Linking Voter ID With Aadhaar : Union Law Minister
2 years, 3 months ago

Aadhaar-Voter ID Linking Voluntary; Voters' Names Won't Be Removed For Not Linking Voter ID With Aadhaar : Union Law Minister

Live Law  

On Friday, while responding to a very pointed question raised by three Members of Parliament, Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju said that names of the voters whose voter IDs are not linked with Aadhaar will not be struck off from the voter list. Amidst allegations that the election authorities are mandating linking of Aadhaar with Voter IDs, in October, 2022, …

Cease and desist: The Hindu Editorial on the Bengaluru voter data theft
2 years, 3 months ago

Cease and desist: The Hindu Editorial on the Bengaluru voter data theft

The Hindu  

The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike’s decision to cancel permission provided to an NGO, Chilume Educational Cultural and Rural Development Trust, to conduct a house-to-house survey to enhance voter awareness, was a belated but necessary one. It is alleged that the NGO utilised BBMP identification cards to secure voter data through a door-to-door survey and stored the data in an app …

Verify Aadhaar Before Accepting It As Proof of Identity: UIDAI To States
2 years, 4 months ago

Verify Aadhaar Before Accepting It As Proof of Identity: UIDAI To States

News 18  

The Unique Identification Authority of India, under the Ministry of Electronics & IT, on Thursday requested the state governments to verify the Aadhaar before accepting to establish the identity of an individual. “UIDAI has requested the state governments by emphasising the need for verification before usage, and has urged the states to give necessary direction so that whenever Aadhaar is …

Explained: The plea in Supreme Court challenging Aadhaar-Voter ID card linking
2 years, 4 months ago

Explained: The plea in Supreme Court challenging Aadhaar-Voter ID card linking

Firstpost  

A petition filed by Major General SG Vombatkere in the Supreme Court argues that the Aadhaar-Voter ID card linking would have a ‘detrimental impact on people’s ability to exercise their constitutional and legal right to vote’ as it can lead to ‘mass exclusions’ from the electoral rolls On Monday, the Supreme Court issued a notice to the central government on …

Supreme Court Of India Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Aadhaar-Voter ID Card Linkage
2 years, 4 months ago

Supreme Court Of India Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Aadhaar-Voter ID Card Linkage

Live Law  

The Supreme Court of India on Monday issued notice in a petition challenging the power of the Election Commission of India to use the Aadhaar database in the process of deletion and updation of entries in the electoral roll. 28 of the Representation of People's Act, 1950 and the Registration of Electors Rules, 2022 and two notifications regarding Aadhaar-Voter Card …

Aadhaar number mandatory to get govt benefits-subsidies: UIDAI
2 years, 7 months ago

Aadhaar number mandatory to get govt benefits-subsidies: UIDAI

Hindustan Times  

According to a recent circular issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India, if you don't have an Aadhaar number or enrolment slip, you may not be entitled to avail government subsidies and benefits. "Thus in the above backdrop and considering the proviso to Section 7 of the Act.in case no Aadhaar number has been assigned to an individual, he/she …

No breach in Aadhaar data vault till now, must be cautious: Centre in Rajya Sabha
2 years, 7 months ago

No breach in Aadhaar data vault till now, must be cautious: Centre in Rajya Sabha

Hindustan Times  

There has been no breach of Unique Identification Authority of India’s Aadhaar data vault, Union minister of electronics and information technology Ashwini Vaishnaw said in Rajya Sabha on Monday. Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw was responding to questions raised by CPI MP Binoy Viswam on whether the Centre has considered the recent CAG report that questioned the encryption method and procedure …

EC to start drive to link Voter ID with Aadhaar card from today. 5 points
2 years, 7 months ago

EC to start drive to link Voter ID with Aadhaar card from today. 5 points

Live Mint  

The Election Commission of India will start a drive from today to to link Voter ID cards with Aadhaar cards in several states. According to the EC the linking of voter ID cards with Aadhaar cards is being done with a viewto establishing the identity of electors and authentication of entries in the electoral roll. Linking of link Voter ID …

\'Don\'t involve village/ward volunteers in Aadhar linkage with voter list exercise\'
2 years, 7 months ago

\'Don\'t involve village/ward volunteers in Aadhar linkage with voter list exercise\'

Deccan Chronicle  

Nellore: Village/ward volunteers will be kept away from a major initiative to link the voters with their Aadhaar numbers all over the state. Addressing the RDOs here on Thursday, Nellore collector Chakradhar Babu said they must accomplish the task along with the summary revision of photo electoral rolls as it helps delete double entries as also names of dead voters …

New guidelines from August 1 on revision of electoral rolls: CEO
2 years, 7 months ago

New guidelines from August 1 on revision of electoral rolls: CEO

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh’s chief electoral officer Mukesh Meena has announced that new guidelines will come into force for revision of electoral rolls from Aug. 1. For the benefit of the already registered voters, the ECI had introduced Form-6B to enable them submit their Aadhaar number, The new form would be available on web portals like ECI and others by July …

Aadhaar card to be used for electoral registration in Chandigarh; election rule amendments issued
2 years, 8 months ago

Aadhaar card to be used for electoral registration in Chandigarh; election rule amendments issued

India TV News  

Highlights Election Commission has conveyed the amendments made by the Ministry of Law and Justice Updated forms will be used in the upcoming Special Summary Revision of Photo Electoral Rolls The AEROs were also briefed about the amendments in the forms Aadhaar card will now be used for electoral registration in Chandigarh, an official release stated. The Chief Electoral Officer …

New norms to revise electoral rolls in J&K, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh
2 years, 8 months ago

New norms to revise electoral rolls in J&K, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh

The Hindu  

The Election Commission of India this week kicked off a drive to update the electoral rolls in Jammu & Kashmir, Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh, where elections are expected later this year, for the first time allowing those turning 18 as of October 1 instead of January 1 to enroll, and for the collection of Aadhaar numbers of applicants. On Wednesday, …

Centre Makes Rules To Allow Aadhaar-Electoral Roll Linking
2 years, 9 months ago

Centre Makes Rules To Allow Aadhaar-Electoral Roll Linking

Live Law  

The Union Ministry of Law and Justice has notified rules for allowing existing voters to use their Aadhaar number to authenticate the entry in the electoral roll.The Registration of Electors Rules, 2022, made by the Central Government in exercise of powers under Section 28 of the Representation of the People Act, after consulting the Election Commission of India, has a. …

'Rules on linking Aadhaar with electoral rolls can be issued soon, says Chief Election Commissioner
2 years, 10 months ago

'Rules on linking Aadhaar with electoral rolls can be issued soon, says Chief Election Commissioner

Firstpost  

Sushil Chandra, however, added that sharing Aadhaar details will be voluntary for voters, but those not doing so will have to give ‘sufficient reasons’ New Delhi: Rules on linking Aadhaar with the electoral rolls can be issued by the government soon, Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra has said, adding that sharing Aadhaar details will be voluntary for voters, but those …

Analysing The Constitutional And Legal Sanctity Of Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021
3 years, 1 month ago

Analysing The Constitutional And Legal Sanctity Of Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021

Live Law  

The Election Laws Bill, 2021 was passed hastily in the Parliament last month without adequate discussion in both houses. As per an RTI application, it was revealed that the State Election Commission had deleted nearly 30 lakh names from the voters' list through a software that used Aadhaar cards for identifying duplicate entries. Undermining secrecy of votes and violation of …

Govt to Soon Share Consent Form with Citizens on 'Prospective' Sharing of Aadhaar for Future Schemes
3 years, 2 months ago

Govt to Soon Share Consent Form with Citizens on 'Prospective' Sharing of Aadhaar for Future Schemes

News 18  

The government will soon be sending you a form through an e-mail, SMS or asking you to access the same online on a website, seeking your permission for the “prospective sharing” of your Aadhaar details for getting benefits in all “future” government schemes and for the “creation of an Aadhaar-seeded database”. This comes as the Unique Identification Authority of India …

Electoral linking subverts free and fair polls in India
3 years, 2 months ago

Electoral linking subverts free and fair polls in India

Live Mint  

The passage of the Election Laws Bill, 2021, in the winter session of Parliament has ensured the contentious linking of electoral roll data with Aadhaar. Again, despite express demands for a division and counting, the Election Laws Bill, 2021, was passed in the upper house as well by a voice vote. Hence, linking Aadhaar and voter rolls portents a future …

Linking Aadhaar to electoral rolls is a great reform move
3 years, 2 months ago

Linking Aadhaar to electoral rolls is a great reform move

Live Mint  

Indian Parliament recently passed an amendment to our electoral laws allowing the digital linking of the Aadhaar number of a citizen to the country’s electoral rolls on a voluntary basis. It would also become difficult for Indians to vote electronically, in case the law someday allows this, if the country’s electoral rolls are not properly maintained. This database should be …

Explained | Understanding the Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021
3 years, 3 months ago

Explained | Understanding the Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021

The Hindu  

The story so far: Both Houses of Parliament have passed a Bill that seeks to amend the law relating to elections. The Bill enables the voter registration officer to require applicants for inclusion of their names in the voters’ list, as well as those already enrolled in it, to submit their Aadhaar numbers. The idea is to verify the identity …

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Aadhaar’s use and misuse: Govt spreads its tentacles
3 years, 3 months ago

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Aadhaar’s use and misuse: Govt spreads its tentacles

Deccan Chronicle  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi displays a neophyte’s zeal for the use of Aadhaar, an idea that he had strongly opposed when he was the chief minister of Gujarat. The Supreme Court’s judgment that there can be legitimate reasons for State intrusion into the privacy of the citizen had been used by Mr Rijiju to defend the use of Aadhaar’s new …

Thinking before linking: On linking electoral rolls with Aadhaar
3 years, 3 months ago

Thinking before linking: On linking electoral rolls with Aadhaar

The Hindu  

An unwillingness to allow meaningful debate and invite wider consultation can undo even the progressive aspects of problematic legislation. On the face of it, the Bill’s objective — to purify the rolls and weed out bogus voters — may appear laudable, and the seeding of Aadhaar data with voter identity particulars may seem to be a good way of achieving …

Bill Linking Aadhaar to Voter ID Helpful; Oppn Protest Sparked by Hasty Parliament Nod, State Polls: Ex-CEC
3 years, 3 months ago

Bill Linking Aadhaar to Voter ID Helpful; Oppn Protest Sparked by Hasty Parliament Nod, State Polls: Ex-CEC

News 18  

Amid opposition protests, the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed the Election Laws Bill, 2021, which will allow the linking of Aadhaar numbers to electoral roll data to weed out fake voters. The linking of Aadhaar with voter ID will provide an additional tool to authenticate a voter’s identity even when polling agents fail to verify. The bill was needed to …

Electoral reform bill to link Aadhaar, Voter ID gets Rajya Sabha approval
3 years, 3 months ago

Electoral reform bill to link Aadhaar, Voter ID gets Rajya Sabha approval

Hindustan Times  

A bill to link electoral roll data with the Aadhaar ecosystem and bring other poll reforms was passed by the Rajya Sabha through a voice vote amid a walkout by the opposition on Tuesday, a day after the Lok Sabha cleared. The Election Laws Bill, 2021 seeks to allow electoral registration officers to seek the Aadhaar number of people who …

BREAKING : Parliament Passes Election Laws Amendment Bill To Allow Aadhaar-Voter ID Linkage
3 years, 3 months ago

BREAKING : Parliament Passes Election Laws Amendment Bill To Allow Aadhaar-Voter ID Linkage

Live Law  

The Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed the Election Laws Bill, 2021 which seeks to link Voter Identity Card and Aadhaar. The Bill contains a provision that: "The electoral registration officer may for the purpose of establishing the identity of any person require that such person may furnish the Aadhaar number given by the Unique Identification Authority of India as per …

Electoral reforms bill that links Aadhaar to voter ID passed by Lok Sabha
3 years, 3 months ago

Electoral reforms bill that links Aadhaar to voter ID passed by Lok Sabha

Live Mint  

In the wake of emerging strong protests by opposition parties against the Election Laws Bill, the central government on Tuesday reiterated that these reforms are needed and also gave a detailed overview of how the proposed changes will benefit the electoral system. Here are 10 things to know about the Bill: 1) The Election Laws Bill, 2021 seeks to allow …

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