New Delhi: India’s Election Commission of India (ECI) recently initiated a drive asking people to link their voter identity cards with Aadhaar cards. The poll body is doing so under the Election Laws (Amendment) Act, 2021, adopted by the parliament in December last year.
With this drive, the ECI aims at establishing the identity of electors and authenticate entries in the electoral roll while also checking if the same person is registered in more than one constituency or more than once in the same constituency.
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While the Election Commission hasn’t mandated the linking of the two documents, the poll body has clarified that it will not omit an existing voter’s name from the electoral list if found that the Aadhaar number has not been submitted.
Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju too, on Friday, noted that the linking of the two documents is completely voluntary and those who haven’t linked their voter IDs with Aadhaar will not be knocked off the electoral lists. Rijiju added that the ECI launched the programme to collect the Aadhaar number of electors from August 1, 2022, in all States and Union Territories.
He, however, underscored that there is no provision for withdrawing consent after the linking process has been done.
So, how can you link your Aadhaar card with the Voter ID card online? Here’s a look at the steps that the Election commission has shared on how to link voter ID with Aadhaar card:
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Step 1: Download Voter Helpline App from Google Play Store and Apple App Store.
Step 2: Open the app and click on ‘I Agree’ option and tap on ‘Next’.
Step 3: Tap on the first option ‘Voter Registration’.
Step 4: Click and open the Electoral Authentication Form (Form 6B).
Step 5: Click on ‘Lets Start’.
Step 6: Enter your official mobile number linked to the Aadhaar card and tap on send OTP.
Step 7: Enter the OTP you received and click on ‘Verify’.
Step 8: Click on Yes I Have Voter ID and then click on ‘Next’.
Step 9: Enter your Voter ID number (EPIC), select your state and click on ‘Fetch details’.
Step 10: Click on ‘Proceed’.
Step 11: Fill in Aadhaar number, registered mobile number and your place of authentication and click ‘Done’.
Step 12: Form 6B preview page will open. Re-check your details and click on ‘Confirm’ for the final submission of your Form 6B.
Meanwhile, the poll body earlier this week said more than 50 per cent (around 50 crore) of the nearly 95 crore registered electors have opted to link their voter ID cards to their Aadhaar numbers.
