Ration card as ID proof: EC decision in two days
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
The Election Commission (EC) on Wednesdaysaid it would decide within two days whether a voter can use ration card as identity proof for casting vote in the coming Lok Sabha elections.
It said the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme and Health Insurance cards could be used to prove the voter's identity this time, in addition to other ID cards which are now used for the purpose.
Election Commissioner S.Y. Quraishi, who is here to review poll preparation in Maharashtra, discussed the ration card issue with the State officials.
"We will have to review the issue. It (ration card) does not have photograph, so it could be objectionable. We will sort it out in two days," Mr. Quraishi told reporters in Mumbai.
It said the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme and Health Insurance cards could be used to prove the voter's identity this time, in addition to other ID cards which are now used for the purpose.
Election Commissioner S.Y. Quraishi, who is here to review poll preparation in Maharashtra, discussed the ration card issue with the State officials.
"We will have to review the issue. It (ration card) does not have photograph, so it could be objectionable. We will sort it out in two days," Mr. Quraishi told reporters in Mumbai.
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