Chief Electoral Officer Rajat Kumar has announced that the Elector Photo Identity Cards (EPICs) or voter cards for the newly enrolled voters will be delivered at their doorstep free of cost.
He said the existing voters with old cards could obtain the new cards on payment of ₹25 at the Mee Seva centres. The CEO gave the clarification in the light if several complaints that the Mee Seva centres were charging over ₹100 for the issue of the new voter cards. Mr. Rajat Kumar said collection of amounts over and above the ₹25 fixed by the election authority was “illegal” and necessary action would be initiated into such complaints. Voters who were charged ₹100 or more for the issue of new cards could lodge a complaint using the helpline 1950 set up by the State election authority. about the Mee Seva centres that were demanding more money than prescribed from voters.
