Digital voter ID cards: Kiosk set up in Purnia

PURNIA: An e-EPIC (electoral photo identity card) kiosk will start functioning on the Purnia collectorate premises from Friday to help people download their digital voter ID cards.
Deputy election officer (DEO) Anirudh Prasad Yadav said the beneficiaries can seek help from the people manning the kiosk in downloading their cards. “Those failing to download digital ID cards from the Election Commission portal can approach the operators manning the kiosk for proper help.The operators will also help people in completing their KYC (know your customer) formalities,” Yadav added.
He said, “Earlier, we used to provide polyvinyl chloride-coated EPIC to people. The electoral roll officer used to hand over the cards to assistant electoral roll officer and thereafter it was being given to booth level officer. But, on several occasions, this supply chain of transferring EPIC broke. Therefore, a decision was taken by the chief election commissioner of India to provide digital voter ID cards to people.”
Prasad said of 39,278 applicants in the district, 36,862 will receive voter ID cards. “Around 1,745 voters’ names were deleted from the electoral roll and names of 927 others were corrected out of 938,” he added.