India: Voter ID Cards to Go Digital on National Voter’s Day

The Election Commission is set to launch the e-EPIC (Electronic Electoral Photo Identity Card) programme. It will take place on January 25. which is the National Voter’s Day. Reportedly, the digital EPIC service will become available to voters before assembly elections in Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal.

The poll panel will launch the e-EPIC initiative in two phases.

First Phase:

In the first phase from January 25 to 31, all new voters who have applied for the voter-ID card and registered their mobile numbers in Form-6 will be able to download the e-EPIC by simply authenticating their mobile number. The mobile numbers should be unique and not be previously registered in the ECI’s electoral rolls.

Second Phase:

The second phase will start on February 1. It will be open for the general voters. All those who have given their mobile numbers (linked one) they can also download their e-EPIC.

What is e-epic?

e-EPIC is a non-editable secure portable document format (PDF) version of the EPIC. It will have a secured QR code with image and demographics like serial number, part number, etc. E-EPIC can be downloaded on a mobile or a computer and can be digitally stored. This is in addition to physical IDs being issued for fresh registration.

How to download it:

e-EPIC can be downloaded through the following online links, however, the voter-ID card would also be sent to them: Voter Helpline Mobile app (Android/iOS) https://voterportal.eci.gov.in/ https://nvsp.in/.

Once the EC plan rolls out, Service and Overseas Voters will also be able to download their EPIC. The facility will be also helpful for those voters who have shifted and need to enrol their names at new polling booths. Voters who have lost their cards and applied for new ones will also be able to use this service.

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