Assembly Elections 2021: Here are the steps to get your voter information slip

The Elections to the Assemblies of Tamil Nadu, Assam, West Bengal, Kerala and Puducherry will be held from 27 March to 29 April. Ahead of the polls, the Election Commission revealed in February that it will issue voter information slips, or VIS, instead of photo voter slips to electors.

What is a voter information slip?
The voter information slip is a document issued by the Election Commission of India. It will not have the photograph of the voter but will include information such as polling station details, date and time of the poll, etc.

VIS can’t be used as identity proof
The Election Commission has confirmed that voter information slips will not be accepted as proof of identity of voters. The poll panel had earlier discontinued photo voter slips as an identity proof on 28 February 2019.

At the time of polling, voters have to produce Electors Photo Identity Card (EPIC) or one of the following eleven photo identity documents as identity proof:
Passport
Driving License
Service identity cards with the photograph issued to employees by central/state government/PSUs/public limited companies
Passbooks with photograph issued by banks or post office
PAN Card
Smart card issued by Registrar General of India (RGI) under National Population Register (NPR)
MNREGA job card
Health insurance smart card issued under the scheme of Ministry of Labour
Pension document with photograph
Official identity cards issued to MPs/MLAs/MLCs
Aadhaar card

How to get your voter information slip
According to the election commission, district election officers will supervise the distribution of the voter information slips to enrolled electors. The exercise will take place at least 5 days prior to the date of poll.

Voters should also be able to download their voter information slips from the National Voters Service Portal (NVSP) by following these steps:

-Visit the main NVSP website: nvsp.in.

-Click on ‘Search in Electoral Roll’.

-Enter the elector’s details under either of ‘search by details’ or ‘search by EPIC number’ options.

-After submitting the details, the result list will display the elector’s details at the bottom of the page. -

-Click on ‘view details’ to see the elector’s information.

-Click on ‘Print Voter Information’ to download and print the voter information slip.

The counting of votes for the 2021 Assembly elections will be announced on 2 May.

March 30, 2021 at 03:48PM