Ujjwal PriyankAIR 10 · CSE 2025 · 223 wordsTheir whole copy
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Recently, controversies arose over fake inclusion of name in electoral roll, same voter at different constituency, etc in the electoral rolls.
Thus, there is need of strengthening democracy and providing fair playing field to candidates by resolving issues.
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Positive impact of linking Aadhar with voter ID
- Ensure "one person - one EPIC" → There are over 142 crore Aadhar IDs generated till date.
→ Linkage will ensure digitisation of voter EPIC, thus reducing duplication.
(2) Provide free and fair election by ensuring only the residents of constituency vote. Eg → Alleged voting by outsiders in Karnataka state election.
(3) It will provide transparency and accountability of Election Commission.
(4) It can help build public trust and simplify procedure. Eg → Aadhar - PAN card linkage.
However, there are certain limitations to this procedure of linkage as well. There are threats of creating
exclusion error:
(1) Election Commission will have to ensure resilient cyber security. → Data of aadhar and personal biometric must be protected from breach.
(2) Many remote regions have inaccessibility of Aadhar ID.
(3) Aadhar is not a proof of citizenship. → Recent Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter ID in Bihar doesn't consider Aadhar as a credible proof.
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Thus, a multi pronged approach to cater to everyone's need in India is required for strengthening voter ID issue.