Bill which seeks to link electoral rolls with Aadhaar listed for introduction in LS
New Delhi Dec 19 PTI A bill on electoral reforms which seeks to link electoral rolls with the Aadhaar ecosystem to weed out duplicacy is listed for introduction in Lok Sabha on MondayThe Election Laws Amendment Bill 2021 seeks to allow electoral registration officers to seek Aadhaar number of people who want to register as voters for the purpose of establishing the identityIt also seeks to allow the electoral registration officers to ask for Aadhaar number from persons already included in the electoral roll for the purposes of authentication of entries in electoral roll and to identify registration of name of the same person in the electoral roll of more than one constituency or more than once in the same constituencyAt the same time the amendment bill makes it clear that no application for inclusion of name in the electoral roll shall be denied and no entries in the electoral roll shall be deleted for inability of an individual to furnish or intimate Aadhaar number due to such sufficient cause as may be prescribedSuch people will be allowedto furnishother alternative documents as may be prescribedAccording to the bill circulated to Lok Sabha members ahead of its introduction various sections of the Representation of the People Act 1950 and 1951 will be amendedTheStatement of Objects and Reasons of the bill states that Section 23 of the RP Act 1950 will be amended to allow linking of electoral roll data with the Aadhaar ecosystem to curb the menace of multiple enrolment of the same person in different placesAmendment to section 14 of the RP Act 1950 will allow to have four qualifying dates for eligible people to register as votersAs of now January 1 of every year is the sole qualifying datePeople who turn 18 on or before January 1 can register as voters Those turning 18 after that have to wait for one whole year to register as votersNowthe 1stday of January 1st day of April 1st day of July and 1st day of October in a calendar year will be thequalifying dates in relation to the preparation or revision of electoral rollsAmendment to section 20 of the RP Act 1950 and section 60 of the RP Act 1951 will allow the elections become gender neutral for service votersThe amendment will also help replace the word wife with the word spouse making the statutes gender neutralAn Armymans wife is entitled to be enrolled as a service voter but a woman Army officers husband is not according to provisions in the electoral law With wife being replaced by the term spouse this will changePTI NAB SRY
New Delhi Dec 19 PTI A bill on electoral reforms which seeks to link electoral rolls with the Aadhaar ecosystem to weed out duplicacy is listed for introduction in Lok Sabha on MondayThe Election Laws Amendment Bill 2021 seeks to allow electoral registration officers to seek Aadhaar number of people who want to register as voters for the purpose of establishing the identityIt also seeks to allow the electoral registration officers to ask for Aadhaar number from persons already included in the electoral roll for the purposes of authentication of entries in electoral roll and to identify registration of name of the same person in the electoral roll of more than one constituency or more than once in the same constituencyAt the same time the amendment bill makes it clear that no application for inclusion of name in the electoral roll shall be denied and no entries in the electoral roll shall be deleted for inability of an individual to furnish or intimate Aadhaar number due to such sufficient cause as may be prescribedSuch people will be allowedto furnishother alternative documents as may be prescribedAccording to the bill circulated to Lok Sabha members ahead of its introduction various sections of the Representation of the People Act 1950 and 1951 will be amendedTheStatement of Objects and Reasons of the bill states that Section 23 of the RP Act 1950 will be amended to allow linking of electoral roll data with the Aadhaar ecosystem to curb the menace of multiple enrolment of the same person in different placesAmendment to section 14 of the RP Act 1950 will allow to have four qualifying dates for eligible people to register as votersAs of now January 1 of every year is the sole qualifying datePeople who turn 18 on or before January 1 can register as voters Those turning 18 after that have to wait for one whole year to register as votersNowthe 1stday of January 1st day of April 1st day of July and 1st day of October in a calendar year will be thequalifying dates in relation to the preparation or revision of electoral rollsAmendment to section 20 of the RP Act 1950 and section 60 of the RP Act 1951 will allow the elections become gender neutral for service votersThe amendment will also help replace the word wife with the word spouse making the statutes gender neutralAn Armymans wife is entitled to be enrolled as a service voter but a woman Army officers husband is not according to provisions in the electoral law With wife being replaced by the term spouse this will changePTI NAB SRY
