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Assembly elections 2022: Lost your voter ID? You can still vote, here's how

Assembly Elections 2022: if you've lost your voter ID card, you can still cast your vote by submitting an alternative document. Here are the details

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The ECI has made a mandatory rule that your name should appear on the electoral rolls. Photo: Shutterstock

BS Web Team New Delhi
Voting will be held across 165 seats spanning Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Goa today. The campaigning for polls ended on Sunday evening. In UP, this is the second phase of Assembly polls. The first phase was held on February 10. The results for all Assembly elections will be declared on March 10. 

To cast votes in the Assembly election, you need voter ID and identification proof. A voter ID card is an important document issued by the government of India which permits the citizen to cast a vote in elections at the regional, state and national levels. But if you've lost your card and have not filed an FIR or applied for a new one, you can still cast your vote by submitting an alternative document, issued by the Union government, state government, public limited companies, passbooks issued by banks or post office etc.
 

Other than Electors Photo Identity Card (EPIC), here is a list of eleven specified photo identity documents, which you can show as an alternative to a Voter's ID.

PAN Card
Driving License
Passport
Service identity cards with the photograph issued to employees by central/state government/PSUs/public limited companies
Passbooks with photograph issued by banks or post office
Smart card issued by Registrar General of India under National PopulationRegister
MNREGA job card
Health insurance smart card issued under the scheme of Ministry of LabourPension document with photograph
Official identity cards issued to MPs/MLAs/MLCs
Aadhaar card

Name of electoral rolls

The ECI has made a mandatory rule that your name should appear on the electoral rolls. If your name is there in the electoral polls and you possess an identification document prescribed by the ECI then you will be allowed to vote. 

In case your name does not appear on the electoral polls, then, even if you have your voter ID you will not be allowed to vote in the assembly elections 2022.

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First Published: Feb 14 2022 | 6:16 AM IST

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