The Election Commission of India which organizes the world’s largest voting process asked the voters to link their Aadhaar Card with their Voter’s Card.

In 2021, the Government of India introduced electoral reforms by amending the Representation of the People Act, of 1950 and the Representation of the People Act, of 1951.

Under this reform, the Linking of Aadhaar and Voter’s ID has been introduced, and other changes like the qualifying date of enrolment in the electoral roll have been changed from one data, i.e. 1 January to four dates i.e. January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1.

This gives young voters much better exposure to the voting process by allowing them to vote instead of waiting for one whole year.

The government hasn’t floated any deadline for connecting the voter’s ID with your Aadhaar card however, as a best practice, you should connect your Aadhaar card with the Voter’s ID card.

This amendment aims to confirm the identity of a person, validate entries in the electoral roll, authenticate the identity of voters, and check whether someone is registered in the same constituency more than once or multiple constituencies.

Here, are the step-by-step instructions to connect your Aadhaar card with your Voter’s ID card.

How to link your Voter’s ID with your Aadhaar card?

The following are the steps that you’ll have to follow to link your Voter’s ID card with your Aadhaar card online-

Using Mobile App

• Download and install the Voters Helpline app from Google’s Play Store or Apple’s App Store
• Now, Open the app and click on the I Agree and click on the next button
• You’ll now have to select the first option i.e. Voter Registration
• A pop-up will appear where you’ll have to choose Electoral Authentication Form (Form 6) from the option followed by entering your mobile number
• After entering your mobile number click on the send OTP button, if you are not registered with the app, then at this point the app will ask you to get registered
• You’ll have to enter your mobile number, confirm OTP, followed by entering the email, and password to create your account
• After creating your account, you’ll be redirected to the home page where you’ll have to click on the Electoral Authentication Form (Form 6)
• After clicking on the form, you’ll have to click on the let’s Start button to begin the update process
• A question will appear asking whether you have a VID number or not select accordingly
• If you do not have the number, then you can find your VID number by providing your details. After finding your details, you’ll have to click on the next button
• Now, you’ll have to enter the Aadhaar Card number and other details like mobile number, email, etc.
• After filling out these details, you’ll have to click on the Done button followed by clicking on the Confirm
• Your request for the linking between your Aadhaar card and your Voter’s ID card is successful

Using online Portal

• Visit the official Voter’s Portal by the Election Commission of India and get yourself registered. If already registered then login to your account
• After logging in, click on the Aadhaar Linkage option
• After clicking on the form, you’ll have to click on the let’s Start button to begin the update process
• A question will appear asking whether you have a VID number or not select accordingly
• If you do not have the number, then you can find your VID number by providing your details. After finding your details, you’ll have to click on the next button
• Now, you’ll have to enter the Aadhaar Card number and other details like mobile number, email, etc.
• After filling out these details, you’ll have to click on the Done button followed by clicking on the Confirm
• Your request for the linking between your Aadhaar card and your Voter’s ID card is successful

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