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Voter ID card goes digital; Here's all you need to know

This will be the first time that the government will issue voter identity cards in digital formats. However, the e-EPIC initiative would be launched in two phases. This comes ahead of the assembly elections in five states.

Voter ID card goes digital; Here's all you need to know
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On the occasion of 11th National Voter's Day, the Election Commission of India has decided to launch e-EPIC (Electronic Electoral Photo Identity Card) programme on January 25.

The e-EPIC will allow voters to download a soft copy of their voter cards from the website of the Election Commission. Other identity proofs like the Aadhaar card, PAN card, driving licence are already available in the digital format. However, this will be the first time that the government will issue voter identity cards in digital formats.

It is a non-editable secure portable document format (PDF) version of the EPIC which can be downloaded on mobile or in a self-printable form on the computer. Also, digital voter ID cards can be stored on Digilocker. The digital cards will carry a secured QR code with images and demographics so that these can't be duplicated.

This also comes ahead of the assembly elections in five states — West Bengal, Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.

According to reports, the e-EPIC initiative would be launched in two phases. In the first phase, which will take place between January 25 to 31, only new voters can apply for the voter-ID card and register their mobile numbers in Form-6 to download the e-EPIC by authenticating their mobile number. The mobile numbers should be unique and not be previously registered.

While the second phase, which will begin from February 1 and will be open for the general voters. People who have given their mobile numbers those are already linked they can also download their e-EPIC.

Besides, voters who do not have their phone numbers linked with the Commission will have to reverify their details with the EC and get their mobile number linked to avail of the download feature.

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