Election Commission wants legal backing to seek Aadhaar numbers to clean up voters list
5 years, 7 months ago

Election Commission wants legal backing to seek Aadhaar numbers to clean up voters list

India TV News  

Election Commission wants legal backing to seek Aadhaar numbers to clean up voters list In a letter to the Law Ministry, the commission has proposed that provisions of the Representation of the People Act be amended to allow the EC to seek Aadhaar numbers of those applying to be voters and those who are already part of voters list. The Election Commission has asked the government to give it statutory backing to collect Aadhaar numbers of new applicants and existing voters to check multiple entries in electoral rolls. In August 2015, a Supreme Court order on Aadhaar card has put brakes on the Election Commission's project to link Unique Identification Authority of India numbers with voters' electoral data to check multiple entries in electoral rolls. Seeking to check multiple entries in electoral rolls and to make them error-free, the Election Commission had embarked on an ambitious project to link Aadhaar numbers with voters' electoral data.

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Aadhaar-linked voter ID can be an EPIC change
3 days, 9 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, govt to discuss Voter ID-Aadhaar linkage to address discrepancies in electoral roll
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4 days, 15 hours 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
4 days, 23 hours 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
6 days, 8 hours 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 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 …

Mamata Banerjee claims BJP used fake voters in Delhi, Maharashtra polls; warns of stir
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Mamata Banerjee claims BJP used fake voters in Delhi, Maharashtra polls; warns of stir

New Indian Express  

Banerjee warned that if necessary action was not taken to correct the electoral roll, her party would stage a dharna in front of the EC office. This is how the BJP is manipulating the voters’ list with the blessings of the EC,” Banerjee said. The CM said she had got a list of names from South Dinajpur’s Gangarampur and Murshidabad’s …

High time NRIs empowered to vote from their locations: outgoing CEC Rajiv Kumar in farewell address
1 month ago

High time NRIs empowered to vote from their locations: outgoing CEC Rajiv Kumar in farewell address

The Hindu  

Outgoing Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Monday stressed the need to have a totaliser system to ensure confidentiality in polling station-wise voting patterns and said it is high time that NRIs are empowered to vote from their locations. "However, innovations like biometric authentication may further help prevent impersonation and multiple voting, ensuring that every vote belongs to the rightful …

Maharashtra elections: Election Commission to respond in writing with complete facts
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Maharashtra elections: Election Commission to respond in writing with complete facts

The Hindu  

As the Opposition parties, led by the Congress, yet again made allegations of poll “irregularities” and demanded that the Election Commission share the final voters’ list used for both Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Maharashtra, the poll body said it would “respond in writing with full factual and procedural matrix uniformly adopted across the country”. Opposition workers on the …

‘39 lakh new voters in 5 months,’ Rahul Gandhi alleges manipulation in Maharashtra polls; ‘introspect,’ says Fadnavis
1 month, 2 weeks ago

‘39 lakh new voters in 5 months,’ Rahul Gandhi alleges manipulation in Maharashtra polls; ‘introspect,’ says Fadnavis

Live Mint  

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday alleged discrepancies in last year's Maharashtra assembly elections claiming that there were more registered voters than the state's adult population. 32 lakh voters “What we've found regarding the Maharashtra elections raises several questions for the Election Commission. Between the 2019 Vidhan Sabha elections and the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, 32 lakh voters were added …

Rahul Gandhi asks ECI to provide data, claims 70 lakh voters added in Maharashtra between Lok Sabha and Assembly polls
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Rahul Gandhi asks ECI to provide data, claims 70 lakh voters added in Maharashtra between Lok Sabha and Assembly polls

The Hindu  

Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Monday alleged that about 70 lakh voters, equivalent to Himachal Pradesh's population, were added to the electoral rolls in Maharashtra between the Lok Sabha and State elections, and demanded the Election Commission of India furnish data to opposition parties in the state. Between the Lok Sabha polls, which the INDIA bloc won, and the …

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 …

AAP chief writes to EC to raid Parvesh Singh’s house for ‘violating’ election code
2 months, 1 week ago

AAP chief writes to EC to raid Parvesh Singh’s house for ‘violating’ election code

The Hindu  

Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday wrote to the Chief Election Commissioner requesting to raid the house of his opponent and Bharatiya Janata Party candidate from New Delhi Assembly constituency Parvesh Sahib Singh, claiming that he was distributing ₹1,100 each to women in violation of the model code of conduct. Mr. Kejriwal also requested the CEC to suspend …

Congress questions CEC clean chit to electoral roll additions
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Congress questions CEC clean chit to electoral roll additions

The Hindu  

A day after Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar reiterated that the addition of voters to electoral rolls was a fool-proof process, the Congress on Wednesday claimed that the Election Commission appeared to have enrolled more voters in Maharashtra than the adult population of the State as estimated in a report of the National Democratic Alliance government. “We have a simple …

Delhi Assembly election schedule announced, voting on February 5 and results on February 8 – Firstpost
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Delhi Assembly election schedule announced, voting on February 5 and results on February 8 – Firstpost

Firstpost  

The stage is set for a three-way fight between Aam Aadmi Party, BJP and Congress in the national capital with the Arvind Kejriwal-led government seeking a third consecutive term Delhi Assembly election will be held on February 5, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar announced on Tuesday. #WATCH | Delhi to vote in a single phase on February 5; counting of …

India Soon To Become Nation With 1 Bn Voters, Count Over 99 Crores: ECI During Delhi Poll Date Announcement
2 months, 2 weeks ago

India Soon To Become Nation With 1 Bn Voters, Count Over 99 Crores: ECI During Delhi Poll Date Announcement

ABP News  

During the announcement of the Delhi Assembly election date, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar announced on Tuesday that India is on track to become the first democratic country to have 1 billion registered voters. — Election Commission of India January 7, 2025 In his press conference, Rajiv Kumar emphasized the importance of voter participation, saying, "It is a call to …

Bengaluru final voter list for 2025 released: 1.02 crore voters, Including 95,391 Young Voters
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Bengaluru final voter list for 2025 released: 1.02 crore voters, Including 95,391 Young Voters

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: District Election Officer and Chief Commissioner of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike Tushar Girinath said there are 1,02,64,714 voters in the final voter list for Bengaluru Urban district. Releasing the list under the Special Revision 2025 on Monday at the BBMP head office, he said of 1,02,64,714 voters, 52,80,287 are male, 49,82,589 are female and 1,838 are third gender. He …

Rush to get new names on roll ‘unprecedented’, needs scrutiny, says Delhi Chief Electoral Officer
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Rush to get new names on roll ‘unprecedented’, needs scrutiny, says Delhi Chief Electoral Officer

The Hindu  

Delhi’s Chief Electoral Officer issued the final electoral roll on Monday, pegging the total number of voters at 1.55 crore. It added that over the past 20 days, there has been an “unprecedented” rush for new voter registrations, with over 5.1 lakh applications received during this period. Ms. Vaz’s office said that the increase in the applications for new voter …

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, 2 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 …

Over 82,000 pleas for voter deletion in Delhi, 4.8 lakh for new registrations
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Over 82,000 pleas for voter deletion in Delhi, 4.8 lakh for new registrations

India Today  

The Chief Electoral Office in Delhi has said that it received as many as 4,85,624 applications for new voter registrations and 82,450 requests for deletion between November 29 and December 30. The Special Summary Revision of the electoral roll in Delhi is approaching its final stages, with the poll officials updating the voter rolls to include all eligible voters as …

Over 485K addition requests to Delhi’s electoral rolls received since Nov 29
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Over 485K addition requests to Delhi’s electoral rolls received since Nov 29

Hindustan Times  

The chief electoral officer’s office on Monday said the poll body has received 485,624 applications for registration of new voters and 82,450 applications for deletion of voters, either due to relocation or deaths, over the past month. “Voters must ensure their names are correctly reflected in the electoral roll, as mere possession of a voter ID card does not guarantee …

Delhi assembly polls: BJP claims AAP trying to register ‘illegal voters’
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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Delhi assembly polls: BJP claims AAP trying to register ‘illegal voters’

Hindustan Times  

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday alleged that Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party was trying to register “illegal voters” due to fear of defeat in the upcoming Delhi assembly elections. The BJP's allegation comes after Kejriwal reiterated his allegation that the saffron party was “manipulating” changes in electoral rolls of his New Delhi constituency by filing applications to delete more …

Delhi Police books four for submitting forged online applications for voter registration
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Delhi Police books four for submitting forged online applications for voter registration

India TV News  

Amid the political slugfest over the voter list entries between Aam Aadmi Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Delhi Police has registered an FIR against four people for allegedly submitting forged online applications for voter registration through Form-6 on Sunday, an official said. The letter further said, "It has been found that the aforementioned applicants have attempted to deceive …

AAP, BJP row over voter ‘deletions’ in RK Puram
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3 months, 1 week ago

AAP, BJP row over voter ‘deletions’ in RK Puram

Hindustan Times  

The Aam Aadmi Party on Tuesday alleged that large scale voter deletion is being carried out in the RK Puram assembly constituency and that applications to remove over 3,800 voters’ names -- 1,800 of these purportedly bonafide -- were filed there “targeting booths where the AAP had previously won.” Sanjay Singh The allegations were made by AAP’s Rajya Sabha MP …

Names of AAP voters being deleted from electoral roll, Arvind Kejriwal claims
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Names of AAP voters being deleted from electoral roll, Arvind Kejriwal claims

India Today  

AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal has accused the BJP of orchestrating a widespread voter deletion drive ahead of the upcoming Delhi elections early next year. Kejriwal alleged that the BJP is deliberately targeting AAP supporters by filing applications with the Election Commission of India to have their names removed from the electoral rolls. Citing Shahdara as a specific case, Kejriwal claimed …

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 …

Congress flags 47-lakh surge in voter nos five months before polls
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Congress flags 47-lakh surge in voter nos five months before polls

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: The Congress has approached the Election Commission of India, raising concern over the “inexplicable” rise in voter numbers in 50 of Maharashtra’s 288 assembly constituencies within just five months. Congress flags 47-lakh surge in voter nos five months before polls To bolster its claim, the party has cited a First Information Report lodged in the Tuljapur assembly constituency, where …

ECI receives 11 requests for EVM and VVPAT memory verification post results
9 months ago

ECI receives 11 requests for EVM and VVPAT memory verification post results

The Hindu  

The Election Commission of India has received 11 requests for memory verification of Electronic Voting Machines and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trails from the recently concluded Lok Sabha and Assembly polls. While eight requests were received for the Lok Sabha elections, including three each from the BJP and Congress, three requests were for the Assembly polls, according to a statement …

Three-member committee to probe name repetition on voters’ list in GB Nagar
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Three-member committee to probe name repetition on voters’ list in GB Nagar

Hindustan Times  

The district administration has constituted a three-member committee, comprising a city magistrate, the deputy collector and a supervisor, to probe the repetition of names in voters’ lists. Gautam Budh Nagar district magistrate and chief electoral officer Manish Kumar Verma said: “People tend to keep applying for voter cards until they get it and there are chances that the booth level …

Election Commission removes 5.41 lakh voters in Hyderabad from electoral rolls
11 months ago

Election Commission removes 5.41 lakh voters in Hyderabad from electoral rolls

India TV News  

Hyderabad Lok Sabha election 2024: A total of 5.41 lakh voters, including those who are dead, shifted and duplicate, have been deleted by the Election Commission from the electoral rolls in the Hyderabad district covering 15 Assembly constituencies. Since January 2023, in Hyderabad district’s 15 Assembly constituencies, a total of 47,141 dead voters, 4,39,801 "shifted voters" and 54,259 duplicate voters …

Voters List Made by Civic Staff with Little Education
1 year, 5 months ago

Voters List Made by Civic Staff with Little Education

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Almost one-third of block level officers, who play a crucial role in the summary revision of electoral rolls, are underqualified workers, such as sweepers and sanitation workers with the GHMC’s sanitation. Of the 3,986 BLOs, one each for a polling station at present, 1,100 are public healthcare workers working in the GHMC’s sanitation wing. Other GHMC staff appointed as …

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 …

BJP urges CEC to ensure error free TS voters lists
1 year, 6 months ago

BJP urges CEC to ensure error free TS voters lists

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana state BJP has urged the Chief Election Commissioner to instruct the Chief Electoral Officer of Telangana state to pay attention to its previous complaints over irregularities in voters rolls in the state and take corrective steps and ensure that when final electoral rolls are published, there are no bogus voters, and eligibile voters are allotted polling booths …

Collector inspects door-to-door voter survey in Vijayawada
1 year, 6 months ago

Collector inspects door-to-door voter survey in Vijayawada

The Hindu  

NTR District Collector S. Dilli Rao said that a transparent voter list is being prepared after thorough verification of the changes in the electoral rolls. Mr. Dilli Rao along with officials inspected the door-to-door voter survey taken up by booth-level officers as part of the Special Summary Revision 2024 in the Vijayawada Central constituency., on Thursday. Speaking on the occasion, …

Check errors in voters' list: GHMC chief
1 year, 7 months ago

Check errors in voters' list: GHMC chief

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Hyderabad District Election Officer and GHMC commissioner D. Ronald Rose has urged city residents to rectify errors in the voters' list. As part of draft voters' list that published on Monday in 15 constituencies of Hyderabad district, he advised voters to check their votes on www.ceotelangana.nic.in or https://www.nvsp.in. He also urged those who have attained 18 years of age …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

'It's An Important Issue': Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Alleging "Voter Profiling" By Election Commission
2 years, 3 months ago

'It's An Important Issue': Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Alleging "Voter Profiling" By Election Commission

Live Law  

The Supreme Court today issued notice on a SLP filed by Srinivas Kodali, an engineer from Hyderabad, alleging that Election Commission of India has indulged in "voter profiling" by deploying an "undisclosed software" to link voter records to Aadhaar. "ECI has effectively created a surveillance.sensitive information voters including religion, caste, tribe, ethnicity, language, records of entitlement, income, and medical history …

Voter data theft case: ECI urges voters to check their names in electoral rolls and report discrepancies
2 years, 3 months ago

Voter data theft case: ECI urges voters to check their names in electoral rolls and report discrepancies

The Hindu  

The Election Commission of India has asked all district-level electoral officers to encourage voters to check their names and report discrepancies, if any. Though this is a standard practice during roll revision every year, the instructions have been given repeatedly this year in the light of Opposition parties accusing the ruling BJP of influencing the electoral roll revision for wrongful …

SC to Examine Plea Challenging Centre's Decision to Link Electoral Roll Data with Aadhaar
2 years, 4 months ago

SC to Examine Plea Challenging Centre's Decision to Link Electoral Roll Data with Aadhaar

News 18  

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to examine a plea challenging the Centre’s decision that enables linking electoral roll data with the Aadhaar ecosystem. A bench of Justices S K Kaul and Abhay S Oka tagged the petition filed by former Major General S G Vombatkere with a similar pending matter. Senior advocate Shyam Divan, appearing for the petitioner, submitted …

SC to examine plea challenging decision to link electoral roll data with Aadhaar
2 years, 4 months ago

SC to examine plea challenging decision to link electoral roll data with Aadhaar

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to examine a plea challenging the Centre's decision that enables linking electoral roll data with the Aadhaar ecosystem. A bench of Justices S K Kaul and Abhay S Oka tagged the petition filed by former Major General S G Vombatkere with a similar pending matter. Senior advocate Shyam Divan, appearing for the …

Congress to put out electoral rolls
2 years, 6 months ago

Congress to put out electoral rolls

The Hindu  

If anyone desires to get nominations from 10 supporters from different States to contest the upcoming Congress presidential polls, the list of all 9,000-plus delegates will be available at All India Congress Committee office from September 20, Central Election Authority chairman Madhusudan Mistry said on Saturday in response to the Lok Sabha members who had demanded transparency in the election …

ECI deletes duplicate entries, makes correction in electoral roll: Report
2 years, 7 months ago

ECI deletes duplicate entries, makes correction in electoral roll: Report

Live Mint  

The Election Commission of India has made some correction and deletions in the electoral roll. Over the period of last seven months, the ECI has deleted duplicate entries in the electoral roll and removed or corrected around 10 million of them, HindustanTimes has reported citing officials familiar with the matter. Around 20 lakhs.corrections were also processed.” A second official also …

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-voter list linkage: EC warns of severe action against poll officials if data gets leaked
2 years, 8 months ago

Aadhaar-voter list linkage: EC warns of severe action against poll officials if data gets leaked

India TV News  

Aadhaar-voter list linkage: EC warns of severe action against poll officials if data gets leaked In a letter sent to chief electoral officers of all states and Union territories on July 4, the poll panel said special camps at cluster level can be arranged on the dates coinciding with special campaign dates during special summary revision, where the electors can …

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 …

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