New Delhi: Union Cabinet on Wednesday cleared the amendment proposed to the electoral law that strives to bring the main election reform such as the voter ID relationship with Aadhaar so as to get rid of selection and duplicate entries in the selection roll.
The source shows that other reforms that they want to implement allow a lot of dates in a year, not only January 1, for those with over 18 years, to register as voters.
The draft Bill to change the representation of the People’s Law approved by the Cabinet and the possibility of being brought before Parliament in the ongoing winter session, it is said that it proposed to make provisions that are neutral gender allow the wife of male service voters to register as voters in the constituency equal to him.
The amendment is likely to try to empower EC to where the request for any purpose is related to the selection and not only to make a vote and vote storage station.
The source said the bill to change the RP Law proposed to empower election registration officers to find a number of existing and new voters, although only voluntarily.
Aadhaar numbers will only be used for voter authentication purposes.
While several dates for registration of new voters meet the requirements – the cabinet is said to have cleared four January 1, April 1, 1 and October 1 in a certain year – will be made possible through an amendment section 14 (b) from the law of Rp, gender neutral registration facilities For voter service pairs try to be implemented by changing parts 20 (6) from the Law Rp.
Also, the amendment proposed in section 160 (1) A from R P acts will empower the EC to where the request for any purpose is included for central military force housing, employees and observers.
Incidentally, the EC in 2015 took the voter card and the Aadhaar number as part of the National Election Purification and Authentication program (NERPAP).
About 32 crore Aadhaar numbers were seeded when EC decided to leave the program given the Supreme Court assessment which limited the use of aadhaar.
Following the SC assessment in 2019 which allowed the collection of Aadhaar with an amendment because Adhaar Act, EC wrote to the Ministry of Law seeking a suitable amendment to enable the Mandatory Linking of Voter Card with Aadhaar.
This is approved by the Ministry of Law.
High-ranking said the relationship between Aadhaar-Epic will also help realize the commission plan to work towards a safe, possibly electronics, choosing to help migrant voters – including domestic workers, migrant workers etc.
– train their franchise where they are registered as voters.
“Their identification has been adequately verified, the Commission can explore technology that will let them choose from remote locations guarded by EC,” said an officer.
Proposal for Aadhaar-Voter ID Linking Gets Cabinet NOD
