The election officials announced that the state will begin linking voter cards with Aadhaar cards in August.
Digital Desk: The process of linking Aadhaar details with voter ID will start in the state from August 1, Assam Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Nitin Khade said on Saturday.
The Assam CEO told the media in a press conference held at the deputy commissioner's office of the Kamrup metropolitan district that citizens will no longer have to wait till January 1 for any new registrations or revisions to the state electoral list.
"People will no longer have to wait till January 1 for new entries or any modifications to the state voter list. The folks will have more opportunities to do so because it will be updated four times a year," Khade said.
"Updates will happen on January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1 over the year," he added.
The election officials announced that the state will begin linking voter cards with Aadhaar cards in August.
According to the senior official, linking Aadhaar details to voter identification will only be done to identify duplicate entries on the voter list and will not be made mandatory.
"Those without Aadhaar cards will need to use other documents for the linking process. We have identified 11 different documents for this," said Khade.
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