Voter Id Registration

Eligibility Criteria for Voter ID Registration in India

The following conditions should be fulfilled for voter registration in India

• Citizenship: Must be a resident of India
• Age: 18 years
• Must have a permanent address in India

The following individuals are not eligible for voter registration

• A Non-Resident Indian (NRI) who is a citizen of another country
• An individual with an unsound mind
• An individual convicted of certain crimes
• An individual serving an imprisonment sentence for an offense

Documents Required For Voter Registration

• Address Proof
• Utility Bills - (Water, electricity or gas bills that are not more than a year older).
• The present passbook of a nationalized, scheduled bank, or post office.
• Registered rental or lease agreement for tenants.
• Registered sale deed in the case of own land.
• Aadhaar card
• Indian passport
• The revenue department’s land-owning records including KisanBahi

• Proof of Date of Birth
• Certificates of class X or class XII issued by the ICSE, CBSE, or State Education Boards having the date of birth.
• Birth certificate issued by the competent local body, municipal authority, and registrar of births and deaths.
• Driving license
• Aadhaar card
• PAN card
• Indian passport
• Two latest passport-sized photographs not older than 6 months.

How To Register for a New Voter ID Card Online For General Electors?

General electors are ordinary citizens of India who are residing in the country. You should be at least 18 years old to be eligible for voting. For 2024, the Election Commission of India offers online voter registration to Indian citizens within the qualifying dates, i.e. 1 January, 1 April, 1 July, 1 October of the revision year of the electoral roll. Here are the steps to register for a new voter ID card online.

Step 1: Visit the official portal of the election commission.

Step 2: Click on the National Voter’s Service Portal. You will be forwarded to the NVSP website.

Step 3: Click on apply online for new voter registration

Step 4: The NVSP Form 6 will open, and you can fill it in.

How To Fill and Submit NVSP Form 6 Online

Step 1: You can choose your preferred language from Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Konkani, Malayalam, Urdu, Telugu, Marathi, Oriya, English, Punjabi, and Tamil.

Step 2: Choose your state and your assembly or parliamentary constituency.

Step 3: Enter your details that includes Name, Age, Date of birth, details of place of birth, Father’s or mother’s or husband’s name, address, contact details, and details of family members who are already enrolled.

Step 4: Any field marked with an asterisk is a mandatory field. It has to be filled in.

Step 5: You can then upload the following supporting documents:

• A recent coloured passport-sized photo
• A scanned copy of the proof of residence
• A scanned copy of age proof or identity

Step 6: Enter your place and date of filling in the form

Step 7: You can save your filled form and continue later

Step 8: Click submit after completing your form.

Procedure Post Submission

Step 1: Your form will be displayed on the notice board of the electoral registration officer (ERO) for receiving objections. This period is usually one week

Step 2: After this period, an order will be given to include your name in the electoral roll.

Step 3: If there are any objections, then the ERO or assistant electoral registration officer (AERO) will hear the applicant and the objector’s cases.

Step 4: After this, you will get a notice to the number you provide about whether your name has been included in the electoral roll or not by post and SMS.

Step 5: You can view these electoral rolls on the state’s chief electoral officer’s website.

How to Apply For a Voter ID Card Offline?

Step 1: Visit the booth level officer’s (BLO) officer and obtain form 6

Step 2: Else, to download form 6 from the Voter Services Portal, click the ‘Download’ button on the ‘New registration for general electors’ tab

Step 3: Fill out Form 6 accurately

Step 4: Submit the essential documents and the filled form to the BLO.

Verification Process After Submission

• After submission of the essential documents, the booth level officer will verify whether the address in the address proof document is as per the criteria set by the election commission.
• The Booth Level officer might be asked to visit your residence to verify the address. Address verification is done to ensure document authenticity.
• If the officer discovers discrepancies in the address, the application will be cancelled, and the applicant will not get a voter ID. In that case, the individual has to submit a new application.
• After address verification, your form will be displayed on the notice board of the ERO and is open to receive objections. Any objection can be raised within 1 week.
• After this period, a decree will be given to include your name in the electoral roll.
• If there are any objections, then the ERO or assistant ERO will listen to the applicant’s and the objector's cases.
• If there are no objections, then the individual becomes eligible for a valid voter ID upon completing the verification process successfully.
• The voter ID is usually delivered by post to the mentioned address or email within 15 to 21 days after the verification process concludes.
• You will be notified of whether your name has been incorporated in the Electoral Roll or not by post and SMS on the number you have given or you can search voter ID online.
• Electoral Rolls can be seen on the Chief Electoral Officer's website of the state.

How To Get Enrolled For A Voter ID As An NRI?

You can enrol as an overseas voter or NRI elector if

• You are a citizen of India but are not residing in the country due to employment, education, etc.
• You have not obtained citizenship in any other country and are qualified to be registered as a voter at the address mentioned in your passport.

Steps to Get Voter ID For An NRI

Step 1: Go to the official portal of the Election Commission of India.

Step 2: Click on the National Voter’s Service Portal. You will be redirected to the NVSP website.

Step 3: Go to the section ‘New registration for overseas(NRI) electors’. Fill out Form 6A if you are a citizen of India and have not acquired citizenship of any other country.

Step 4: Click on ‘Fill Form 6A’. Complete the form online by following the instructions and upload the required documents.

Step 5: Alternatively, you can also download Form 6A from the Election Commission of India website. Fill out Form 6A in 2 copies. Forms can also be obtained free of cost in Indian Missions.

Step 6: The form can be submitted in person or by post. If the application is sent by post, the photocopy of each required document should be duly self-attested.

Step 7: On the other hand, you can also fill out the form in person at the Electoral Registration Officer or Assistant ERO of the constituency. If the application is submitted in person before the ERO, the original passport should be given for verification.

Step 8: After submitting the form, the booth level officer will visit the address specified in your passport and verify the copies of documents.

Step 9: If there is no relative available for the verification of documents, they will be sent for verification to the related Indian Mission.

Step 10: The ERO’s decision will be communicated to you by post on the address and by SMS on the mobile number given in Form 6A. Electoral rolls are also on the Chief Electoral Officer’s portal.

Step 11: The name of the overseas elector is included in a separate section for "Overseas Electors". This is the final section of the roll for each polling station area.

Step 12: You can use Form-8 to rectify things in the electoral roll.

How Can Government Employees Apply For A Voter ID?

A service elector is a citizen of India who can vote under the service category. They are people who are usually posted somewhere else for service or employment. Hence, they may not be available at their residence. The following people constitute the members of the service category.

• Members of the Central Armed Forces
• An individual employed and posted outside India under the Government of India.
• Members of a force which comes under the provisions of the Army Act, 1950.
• Members of State Armed Police Forces, posted outside the respective state.

Only voter IDs are issued to service voters and not voter ID cards. This is because service voters vote via a proxy or are assigned postal ballots. They don’t have to produce the card at any polling station, so a card is not necessary.

Here is the detailed procedure on how a government employee can get a voter ID.

Step 1: Obtaining the right form

Four forms are available on the official portal of the Election Commission of India. This is according to the category of the service applicant. They are as follows:

• Form 2: For members belonging to the armed forces
• Form 2A: For members of the state armed police forces serving outside the concerned state.
• Form 3: A person employed and posted outside under the Government of India
• Form 6:This is for people in service who have chosen to apply for a voter ID at their place of service rather than their residence.

Step 2: Filling out the Form and Submission

• The Election Commission orders the revision and updation of the electoral rolls for service voters twice a year.
• The Election Commission of India will send a notice to the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Ministry of Defence, and the Ministry of External Affairs.
• The programme will be announced, and then eligible voters can fill in the form and submit it.
• The application can be handed officer in charge at the record office.
• For Form 2, Form 2A and Form 3, the application form can be handed over to the officer in charge of the record office.
• For people employed and posted out of India under the Government of India, the form can be submitted to the nodal authority of the Ministry of External Affairs.
• For Form 2 and Form 2A, a declaration in the specified format must be submitted saying that the applicant has not been enrolled as a general elector in any other constituency.

Step 3: Verification Process

• The Nodal officer should authenticate the form and declaration and sign the verification certificate.
• The form will be sent to the chief electoral officer of your state who will send it to the district election officer.
• Finally, the form will be sent to the NVSP registration officer of your constituency who will process the form.

How To Check The Voter Registration Status?

• You can check the voter registration status using the reference ID which is a unique number allocated to you. It will be there on the acknowledgement slip obtained upon submitting Form 6.
• You can also verify the status by going to your area’s electoral registration officer (ERO) and furnishing your name, date of birth, and address.

Here are the steps to verify the status online.

Step 1: Visit the official website of NVSP

Step 2: Proceed to log in by clicking the ‘Login’ button and entering the details asked for such as mobile number, password, and captcha code.

Step 3: Click the ‘Request OTP’ button.

Step 4: Type in the OTP and click ‘Verify and Login’

Step 5: Click the ‘Track Application Status’ tab.

Step 6: Type the reference number, choose the state, and click the ‘Submit’ button.

Step 7: The voter registration status will be shown on the screen.

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