SRINAGAR : The Election Commission of India (ECI) has permitted voters whose names figure on the electoral rolls but who are unable to produce their Electors’ Photo Identity Card (EPIC) to use any one of twelve alternative photo identity documents to cast their votes. Follow Us On G -N e w s | Whatsapp

In a press statement issued from Nirvachan Sadan, the Commission said the move is aimed at ensuring that no eligible voter is deprived of the right to vote merely due to non-possession of an EPIC card. The direction comes ahead of the by-elections in Bihar and eight other Assembly Constituencies where the ECI has already instructed officials to distribute EPICs to new voters within fifteen days of the final publication of electoral rolls.

The Commission said that do

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