IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR THE GUJARAT ELECTIONS....PLEASE SHARE WITH OTHERS TOO !

 

10th December 2007

 

 

Dear Friends,

 
We are on the eve of  Elections here in Gujarat....However, one is aware that there are thousands of people who still do not have their Election Photo Identity Card (EPIC) or have these cards with totally wrong information / spelling, etc.
 

However, Election Commission sources have informed all eligible voters through the media that one will still be allowed to exercise one's franchise with the help of alternative documents.

 

The Election Commission has validated fourteen  documents ( photo identity ), which will permit one to exercise one's vote in the absence of an EPIC.  These are :

 

 i)    Passport

ii)   Driving licence

iii)  PAN card

iv)   Identity card of State Government, Central Government, PSU and Pvt. Ltd. Companies

v)    Bank passbook

vi)   Student I-card

vii)  Registered deed of property

viii) ST, SC and OBC certificate

ix)   Pension book

x)    Widow pension book

xi)   Freedom Fighter ID card

xii)  Weapon's licence

xiii) NREGS job card

xiv)  ESI card

 

All this, obviously, if one's name is on the Electoral Rolls and if it corroborates with the name on  the above mentioned
I-Card.

Persons with faulty EPICs whose names are on the Electoral Rolls but who are able to furnish one of the above mentioned I-Cards are also eligible to vote.
 

Kindly encourage as many as possible to exercise their franchise.  It is always better that one casts one's ballot as early as possible, to prevent bogus voting later on during the day.

 
Any complaints of fraudulent / bogus voting, etc. should be brought immediately to the notice of :
 

Ø  The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), 

     Election Commission, General Administration Department, 
     Block No. 7,     II Floor, Sachivalaya, Gandhinagar 382 010
     [ Tel.:  (079) 23250316 / 23250318   Fax:  (079) 23250317 ]
     email: ceo_gujarat@eci.gov.in     www.ceogujarat.nic.in

 
Let's hope and pray that we have  free and fair elections in Gujarat !
 

Yours sincerely,

 

 
Fr. Cedric Prakash sj