Voter Identity

A huge racket of issuing fake Aadhaar and voter identity cards to illegal immigrants in Manipur has been busted, sources in the state government told NDTV.

At a time when Election Commission pledges to leave no stone unturned to bring eligible voters to polling stations, not many electors are aware of their right to "refuse to vote" even after registering their identities before the presiding officer.

A pilot project to issue photo identity cards for voters was undertaken in the Calcutta (South West) Parliamentary constituency for a by-election in May 1960.

National Voters' Day 2024: On National Voters' Day, new voters are felicitated and handed over their Elector Photo Identity Card (EPIC).

Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena, based on a recommendation by Delhi Lokayukta, has directed police to register an FIR against former Congress MLA Jai Kishan for allegedly preparing "bogus" voter identity cards.

The initiative, to link Aadhaar Card with Voter ID Cards, has been introduced with the aim to establish the identity of electors and authenticate entries in the electoral roll and eliminate duplicate entries in the same or different constituencies.

The controversial law linking Aadhaar and Voter Identity Card has been challenged in the Supreme Court, with Congress's Randeep Singh Surjewala demanding that it be repealed. The top court will hear the case tomorrow.

Third parties and government authorities will have no access to the link between Aadhaar and voter identity cards, Lok Sabha was informed on Friday.

Four changes in the electoral law, the key one allowing linking of Aadhaar to the voter identity card, was passed in the Lok Sabha amid uproar today. The opposition demanded a review of the bill, arguing against the Aadhaar-voter I-card link.

Australia's conservative government on Thursday proposed laws requiring voters to prove their identity when casting a ballot, a move slammed by the opposition as an attempt at voter suppression.

An electoral officer in poll bound Kerala was on Monday suspended, pending enquiry, after five voter identity cards in the name of a single person was found generated in the computer sytem in Kerala's Kasaragod district.

The Election Commission on Monday rolled out the electronic version of the voters' photo identity card which can be stored on mobile phones and downloaded on personal computers.

The Election Commission of India will formally launch the e-EPIC (Electronic Electoral Photo Identity Card) programme on January 25, the National Voter's Day.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday informed Lok Sabha that the government has fed details of voter identity cards and driving licences of people into a software to identify those involved in the Delhi violence.

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the Election Commission to decide on the possibility of linking election identity cards with Aadhaar numbers in accordance with law within 8 weeks.

A huge racket of issuing fake Aadhaar and voter identity cards to illegal immigrants in Manipur has been busted, sources in the state government told NDTV.

At a time when Election Commission pledges to leave no stone unturned to bring eligible voters to polling stations, not many electors are aware of their right to "refuse to vote" even after registering their identities before the presiding officer.

A pilot project to issue photo identity cards for voters was undertaken in the Calcutta (South West) Parliamentary constituency for a by-election in May 1960.

National Voters' Day 2024: On National Voters' Day, new voters are felicitated and handed over their Elector Photo Identity Card (EPIC).

Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena, based on a recommendation by Delhi Lokayukta, has directed police to register an FIR against former Congress MLA Jai Kishan for allegedly preparing "bogus" voter identity cards.

The initiative, to link Aadhaar Card with Voter ID Cards, has been introduced with the aim to establish the identity of electors and authenticate entries in the electoral roll and eliminate duplicate entries in the same or different constituencies.

The controversial law linking Aadhaar and Voter Identity Card has been challenged in the Supreme Court, with Congress's Randeep Singh Surjewala demanding that it be repealed. The top court will hear the case tomorrow.

Third parties and government authorities will have no access to the link between Aadhaar and voter identity cards, Lok Sabha was informed on Friday.

Four changes in the electoral law, the key one allowing linking of Aadhaar to the voter identity card, was passed in the Lok Sabha amid uproar today. The opposition demanded a review of the bill, arguing against the Aadhaar-voter I-card link.

Australia's conservative government on Thursday proposed laws requiring voters to prove their identity when casting a ballot, a move slammed by the opposition as an attempt at voter suppression.

An electoral officer in poll bound Kerala was on Monday suspended, pending enquiry, after five voter identity cards in the name of a single person was found generated in the computer sytem in Kerala's Kasaragod district.

The Election Commission on Monday rolled out the electronic version of the voters' photo identity card which can be stored on mobile phones and downloaded on personal computers.

The Election Commission of India will formally launch the e-EPIC (Electronic Electoral Photo Identity Card) programme on January 25, the National Voter's Day.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday informed Lok Sabha that the government has fed details of voter identity cards and driving licences of people into a software to identify those involved in the Delhi violence.

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the Election Commission to decide on the possibility of linking election identity cards with Aadhaar numbers in accordance with law within 8 weeks.