The Election Commission of India (ECI) has launched a marketing campaign to hyperlink the voter ID card with the Aadhar card.
According to the ECI, the target of this train is to determine the id of the voters and to authenticate the entries within the electoral roll in addition to to determine whether or not the identical individual is in multiple constituency or greater than as soon as in the identical constituency. is registered.
However, it’s not obligatory to hyperlink Voter ID or Election Photo Identity Card (EPIC) with Aadhaar card. The Election Commission has clarified that the title of any current voter won’t be faraway from the electoral roll on the bottom of non-submission of Aadhaar quantity.
To hyperlink Aadhar card with EPIC on-line by way of cell, ECI has shared the next steps.
The EPIC cardholder must first obtain and set up the Voter Helpline app from Google Play Store (Android customers) or App Store (iPhone customers).
After the set up is full, open the Voter Helpline app and click on on “I agree” after which “Next”. In the choices that seem, click on on the primary choice “Voter Registration”, after which choose “Electoral Authentication Form (Form 6B)” and “Let’s Start”.
Now, enter your cell quantity and click on on “Send OTP”. Enter the OTP shared on the cell quantity after which click on on “Verify”.
After that first choose the choice “Yes I have Voter ID” after which click on on “Next”. Now enter the “Voter ID (EPIC)” quantity, choose “State” after which “Get Details” and click on on “Proceed”.
Image: Screenshot of steps to hyperlink Voter ID with Aadhaar (www.eci.gov.in)
Enter the main points proven on the display after which click on on “Next”. Now, enter “Aadhaar Number”, “Mobile Number”, “Place of Application” after which click on on “Done” Form 6B Preview web page will probably be displayed.
Check the main points and click on on “Confirm” for last submission of Form-6B. The reference variety of Form 6B will probably be obtained after the ultimate affirmation.
Form-6B is for voters to share their Aadhaar quantity with the ECI. It can also be accessible on-line at nvsp.in.
The ECI’s transfer to hyperlink voter ID with Aadhaar comes towards the backdrop of the Election Laws (Amendment) Act, 2021, which was handed in Parliament in December final yr.
The Act, “amends the Representation of the People Act to allow linking of voter ID with Aadhaar on a voluntary basis, for the purposes of authentication of entries in the electoral roll.”
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
