Colour Voter Ids to be issued to 12 Lakh individuals in a day or two!!
Posted on: 18/Sep/2014 4:36:55 PM
The Chief Election Commissioner for Tamil Nadu, Mr. Praveen Kumar, informed that colour Voter Ids will be issued to 12 Lakh individuals (new applicants) in a day or two.
When special camps were conducted for enrollment for voter ID cars during the recent parliamentary elections, 12 Lakh individuals enrolled. So far, Voter Ids have not been issued.
Indian Election Commission ordered the state to issue all new voter ID cards in colour. In order to prevent manufacture & circulation of fake voter ID cards, care was taken to incorporate hologram and code numbers made in colour.
These new Voter ID cards will resemble smart cards. All the new applicants will receive this. Voter ID cards have been handed over to Chennai Corporation and Thiruvallur district. New Voter ID Cards will be issued to another 20 districts in another 2 days.
Distribution of the new Voter Ids will commence immediately.
The remaining districts will receive the new Voter ID cards in 15 days.
