Starting September 1, the Election Commission’s new mega Electors Verification Programme (EVP) were launched and that seeks to update electoral rolls through crowdsourcing across the country.
Under the program, a voter from each family can register online at NVSP portal (nvsp.in) and createt a username and password, allowing a person to upload all documents related to electoral registration and tag similar details about his or her family members.
In Delhi, the EVP was launched from 14,000 different places. The program is scheduled to take place in campaign mode from September 1 to October 15.
The purpose is to improve the health of electoral rolls and augment enrollment of all eligible citizens during special summary revision of the electoral rolls.
The one-time authentication of details and sharing contact detail would help electors to get an update on online application status, the status of EPIC, Election Day announcement, voter slip on their registered email and mobile number. Regular notification on modifications on Serial No. and details of Polling Station, Change in BLO/ ERO, all information related to Polling Station will also be shared with the Electors.
First, a summary revision draft will be published, with the cut-off date being January 1, 2020, and the final roll will be published by the first or second week of January.
Voters can avail the following facilities:
Verification and corrections of the existing details
Online procedure
Log on to the NVSP portal (nvsp.in) or Voter Helpline App. You can enter your name, family details and address. A form will be filled and submitted on the site. It’ll be an auto-generated form.
One can also fill form 6 and 7 to delete and add names. Alerts will be sent to those turning 18 to fill up their forms.
Offline procedure
You can visit Common Service Centres or any nearby voter facilitation centre to avail the facilities. Almost seven to eight common service centres are there in each assembly constituency. More information on the same can be obtained from the NVSP website.
Fees for the application
Each CSC will charge a nominal fee, like Re 1 for uploading a document or Rs 2 for photo upload and Rs 1 for submitting Form 6. The fee will be displayed at each CSC.
Here’s how you can download your voter slip or ID