Elections in India happen at a grand level. Keeping in mind the rising number of frauds in India's election systems, the Election Commission has initiated the system of Voter ID cards. The unique voter ID card is issued to all people who are eligible to cast votes. Once a person successfully applies for a voter ID, he/she gets listed in the electoral rolls.
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Elections in India happen at a grand level. Keeping in mind the rising number of frauds in India's election systems, the Election Commission has initiated the system of Voter ID cards. The unique voter ID card is issued to all people who are eligible to cast votes. Once a person successfully applies for a voter ID, he/she gets listed in the electoral rolls.
Who all can apply for voter ID:
All eligible citizens of India who have attained the age of 18 years can apply for a Voter ID card. These applicants are categorised into three groups:
- General Resident Electors
- Service Electors
- Overseas/NRI Electors
How to Apply for Voter ID card
a) For General Elector: Voter ID card Online for Indian Residents
All the citizens of India residing within the country are considered as General Electors. A person should be at least 18 years old on the qualifying date of January 1 st of that particular year.
Mandates for applying Voter ID for General Electors
- Scanned photograph
- Age Proof (birth certificate, marksheet of Class X, PAN card etc.)
- Address Proof
- Visit the official website of National Voter's Service Portal ( http://www.nvsp.in/ )
- Click on Apply online for registration of new voter.
- Form 6 will appear in front of you, which you need to fill and submit
Post the submission procedure your form will appear on the notice board of the Electoral Registration Officer (ERO) inviting objections. If anyone wishes to make any objection, they will have a time-period of a week.
After this period, an order will be given to include your name in the electoral roll.
In case any objections are made by someone, the ERO or Assistant Electoral Registration Officer (AERO) will hear the applicant and the objector's cases.
In both the cases you will receive notice of if your name has been included in the Electoral List or not by post and SMS on the number you provide.
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