The Election Commission of India will start a campaign to link Voter ID cards with Aadhaar cards from August 1, across the state, Maharashtra Chief Election Officer (CEO) Shrikant Deshpande said on Monday. Deshpande said that the Voter ID cards will be linked to Aadhaar cards with a view to establishing the identity of electors and authentication of entries in the electoral roll.
Addressing a press conference in Mumbai, Deshpande said linking Voter ID with an Aadhaar card will help in the identification of registration of the name of the same person in more than one constituency or more than once in the same constituency. The Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, authorising the linking of Aadhaar with Voter IDs, was passed by the Lok Sabha through a voice vote in December 2021.Â
