NEW DELHI: The 'Election Laws (Amendment) Bill 2021', which was passed by the Lok Sabha on Monday and will be taken up in Rajya Sabha, incorporates various electoral reforms which have been discussed for a long time.
According to government sources, registration in electoral roll is done based on an application by a person who is eligible to be registered as a voter. This Bill has a provision whereby the new applicant may voluntarily provide Aadhaar number along with the application for the purpose of identity. No application will be rejected on the grounds that Aadhaar number has not been provided.
NEW DELHI: A bill on major electoral reforms, including voluntary linkage of Aadhaar to election identities and providing multiple dates for voter registration, was passed by the Lok Sabha on Monday amid strong protests and demands by the opposition to refer the legislation to a standing committee.
Government sources said Aadhaar linking with electoral roll will solve one of the major problems in Electoral database management which is multiple enrolment of the same person at different places.
"This may be due to the frequent shifting of residence by electors and getting enrolled in the new place without deleting the previous enrolment. Thus, the possibility of electors whose names appear in more than one electoral roll or at times more than once in the same electoral roll can be removed," an official said.
He said once Aadhaar linkage is achieved, the electoral roll data system will instantly alert the existence of previous registration(s) whenever a person applies for new registration. "This will help in cleaning the electoral roll to a great extent and facilitate elector registration in the location at which they are ‘ordinarily resident’," he added.
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