Dimapur, Jan. 25: For the purpose of identification of voters during the forthcoming Municipal and Town Council elections, 2017, the State Election Commission (SEC) in pursuance of provisions under Sub Rule (4) of Rule 54 of the Nagaland Municipal Election Rules, 2003 has notified the guideline to be adopted for identification of the electors by the Presiding Officers are as follows:
1. Photo Voter ID will be distributed to the electorate prior to the polling day and will be used to identify the voter.
2. Minor discrepancies in the entries relating to elector’s name, father’s/mother’s/husband name, sex, age or address in the electoral roll shall be ignored and the elector allowed to cast his/her vote so long as the identity of the elector can be established according to the particulars of electors appearing in the electoral roll and to the satisfaction of the Presiding Officer or Polling Officer.For the purpose of identification of the electors who cannot produce Photo Voter ID as mentioned above, the electors should bring anyone of the following documents for exercising their franchise:
(i) Aadhar Card
(ii) ST/ Indigenous certificate with photo issued by the government
(iii) Driving license
(iv) Electoral Photo ID Card (EPIC) issued by the Election Commission of India
(v) Government issued identity cards
(vi) Bank passbook with photo
(vii) Income Tax Identity (PAN) cards.
SEC also clarified that any documents, as enumerated above, which are available only for head of family, shall be allowed for the purpose of identification of other members of the family. Similarly, any documents in the name of any other member of the family could also be used for identification of other member, provided the other members can be identified on the basis of such document. No elector will be allowed to exercise his/her franchise unless he/she produces any of the above documents as prescribed by the State Election Commission.
