07/07/2025
The Election Commission of India Special Intensive Revision in Bihar. This is what voters are required to do:
Voters registered up to 2003 would have to provide evidence that they were in the rolls of that year.
Voters above 40, who are missing from the 2003 electoral list, will have to provide documentary proof of their citizenship, identity and residence.
Voters between the ages of 21 and 40 need to show either their parents’ proof of being enrolled as voters in the 2003 electoral roll, or prove their identity, citizenship, along with either of their parents’ identity and citizenship. They would have been too young to be part of the 2003 electoral roll being used as a base for revision.
Voters who were born after 2004, less than 21 years of age, would have to either show their parent’s proof of being enrolled as voters in the 2003 voter roll, or prove their identity and citizenship, along with providing documentary proof for the citizenship and identity of both their parents.
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