Dimapur, February 25 (MExN): The Election Commission of India (ECI) has directed that in the general election to the Nagaland Legislative Assembly scheduled for February 27, 2018, all electors who have been issued Electors Photo Identity Card (EPIC) have to produce the EPIC for their identification at the polling station before casting their votes.
Electors who are not able to produce the EPIC shall produce one of the following alternative photo identity documents for establishing their identity.
1. Passport 2. Driving License 3. Service Identity Cards with photograph issued to employees by Central/ State Govt. PSUs/ Public Limited Companies 4. Passbooks with photograph issued by Bank/ Post Office 5. PAN Card 6. Smart Card issued by RGI under NPR 7. MNREGA Job Card 8. Health Insurance Smart Card issued under the scheme of Ministry of Labour 9. Pension document with photograph 10. Authenticated Photo Voter Slip issued by the election machinery 11. Official Identity Cards issued to MPs/ MLAs/ MLCs 12. Aadhaar Card As such, authenticated Photo Voter Slip is just one of the 12 documents in addition to EPIC for establishing identity of an elector at the time of voting.
