EC plans electoral rolls with photos of voters Sunday, May 30 2004 11:30 Hrs (IST)
New Delhi:
Bogus voting and impersonation may soon be things of the past as Election Commission is now coming out with electoral rolls that would also have the photo of the voter on it.
"To curb bogus voting and impersonation during polls, the Commission is now coming up with lists which would also have the photo of the voters on it," says Rajesh Aggarwal, Director-cum-Principal Secretary, Election Commission of India.
While the Election Commission plans to implement it in the whole of the country, work has already started in those Assembly segments which would be going to polls later this year.
"There would be more correctness in the voters list and besides, it would also help in locating duplicates. Sometimes a voter's name is mentioned twice... it can check on that," he says.
"In our database, we have 75 per cent of the photos which are digitally available. They are being matched with the names and other details. The work for getting the rest of the photographs would begin soon," he says.