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If you have a child who has yet not attained the age of 18 years but is over the age of 17 years, you can register the child in advance to become voters.
The Election Commission of India on Thursday announced that youth above the age of 17 years can now apply in advance to enroll their names in the voter list.
The commissioner said in a statement, “17+ year old youngsters can now apply in advance for having their names enrolled in Voter’s list and not necessarily have to await the ore-requisite criterion of attaining age of 18 years on 1st January of a year.’
With this, now the youth will not have to wait for the pre-requisite criteria of attaining the age of 18 years on January 1 to register their names in the voter list.
Chief election commissioner Rajiv Kumar and election commissioner Anup Chandra Pandey has directed the chief electoral officers and electoral registration officers of all the states to work out to work out on some technology related solutions that can help the youth to file their application in advance.
Qualifying Dates to register in advance to become voters
Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar and Election Commissioner Anoop Chandra Pandey have directed the Chief Electoral Officers, EROs and AEROs of all the states to get involved in ensuring technical arrangements for providing this facility.
The Election Commission of India under the leadership of Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar and Election Commissioner Anoop Chandra Pandey has directed Chief Electoral Officers, EROs and AEROs of all states in this regard get involved in ensuring technical arrangements for providing this facility.
Youth above the age of 17 years can now apply in advance to enroll their names in the voter list.
So that before the completion of 18 years, youth can apply for adding name to the voter list. On completion of 18 years on 1st January, 1st April, 1st July or 1st October in a year, the name will now be added to the voters list.
Maharasthra-Adhar Card linking with Voter Card from 1 August, 2022
Earlier on July 25, the Chief Electoral Officer of Maharashtra said that the ECI will launch a campaign across the state to link voter ID with Aadhaar from August 1.
