The deadline for fusing voter ID and Aadhaar cards has been extended by the federal government. The card holders will greatly benefit from this ease.
According to the government's statement, if any cardholder fails to link their Voter ID and Aadhaar, no action will be done against them. This facility will stay available till next year. The fact that this work is entirely volunteer will also be advantageous in many ways.
The government announced in a statement that the deadline for integrating voter identification with Aadhaar had previously been April 1, 2023, but that it has now been extended to March 31, 2024. In other words, the card holders have been given an extra year to finish this work. The administration has also stated that linking Aadhaar and voter identification is entirely optional and is not required.
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No action will be taken against anyone who doesn't finish this task. The Election Commission has, however, also listed numerous benefits of connecting both cards. According to the Commission, this can stop two registrations with the same name in the same Lok Sabha seat as well as the identification of the correct voter.
Work will be done by calling and SMS.
Linking of Voter ID and Aadhaar card can be done through both online and offline mode. If you want, you can complete the linking work by sending a message from mobile or even by calling. To link through SMS, SMS your Aadhaar and Voter ID numbers to 166 or 51969. For this, a message has to be sent in the format of ECILINK<SPACE><EPIC No.><SPACE><Aadhaar No.>. If you want, you can call 1950 number from 10 am to 5 pm and link it by telling your voter ID and Aadhaar number.
How to link offline
To link Aadhaar and Voter ID through offline mode, you will have to apply to your Booth Level Officer (BLO). BLO will verify it and then both your documents link will start appearing in the record. You can get information about BLO by entering your EPIC on NVSP website.
Follow this step to link online
– First of all go to the official website nvsp.in.
After login, find the Search in Electoral Roll option on the home page.
Enter personal details and Aadhaar number.
OTP will come on the registered mobile number.
Your Aadhaar card and Voter ID card will be linked as soon as you enter the OTP.
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