How to vote in India? – Eduauraa

India is one of the largest democracies in the entire world.

The voting process includes several processes and days.

The Indian citizens elect the federal government. Due to the high population, colossal amounts of voting personnel are required.

The individual above the age of 18 is capable of voting.

In this article, you will have a perfect piece of knowledge on the entire process of the voting system.

It takes more than a month and several holdings to complete the whole process.

The Election Commission or EC is an independent body that supervises the election process, and no political parties are allowed to control the system. 

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Explain the Voting Process Systematically

In this section, the voting procedure is explained meticulously for you to understand the process and requirements for casting a vote.

An individual, who is above 18, cannot simply go to the voting center to vote.

It requires documents and other information to do so.

Read this below section carefully to understand the entire voting process. 

Qualifying the Resident Voter’s Registration

a. The first and foremost step is to qualify for the resident voter’s registration.

The Election Commission of India allows individuals 18 or above to cast a vote in their residential voting camp. Another requirement to vote is that the individual needs to be a citizen of India.

The constitutional democracy with a parliamentary system promotes a free and fair election. 

b. It would help if you were 18, calculating the date from January of the year of your birth to cast a vote.

Even an individual is one day less than 18; they are not eligible to vote. 

Irrespective of caste, creed, religion, gender, the citizens can vote.

These factors cannot disqualify any Indian citizen from voting.

Voting is not mandatory, but as it plays a crucial role in the country's future, laws are being made to make voting compulsory. 

Proof of Being an Indian Citizen

An individual can vote if they are a citizen of India.

In voting, it is mandatory that the individual has not taken up any other country's citizenship.

The residential proof can be obtained from the passport. 

a. If a person is staying abroad for education, business, employment, or any other purpose, the individual is still eligible to register to vote in India.

You must make sure that your passport has the residential address of India. 

b. People who are not Indian citizens cannot take part in the voting process.

Even if a person stays overseas all around the year, they can also vote unless they are citizens of any other country. 

Ensure that you are not disqualified

Individuals need to ensure that they are not disqualified from voting under some circumstances.

The EC forbids the voting right to a person who is unsound mind or has taken part in any corrupt practices. 

a. If the supreme court of India declares a person to be unsound mind, the person loses the right to vote. 

b. People who are identified and sentences guilty for election-related offenses are disqualified from voting.

These people cannot register their name in the voting process and thus are unable to vote. 

Unless these situations, there are no circumstances that can disqualify a person from voting. 

1. Registration

The above procedure ensures that a person is eligible to vote. In the registration process, the citizens enroll their names with appropriate documents and details. Carefully read the below procedures:

2. Submit a Form-6:

Individuals need to fill up this form to register themselves for voting.

After filling in with the required documents and information, they must submit the form to the Electoral Registration Officer or ERO of the Assembly Constituency.

The form is available online, from the www.eci.eci.nic.in. These forms are available in both English and Hindi language.

After clicking the online vote section and submitting the exact details, the government will provide a user ID and a password. After these, all the processes are pretty simple. 

3. Uploading Passport size color photo:

In this process, individuals need to upload their recent color photo with age and resident proof.

If you cannot do it, a BLO or Booth Level Officer can do it for you.

4. Submit Overseas form, if any:

From the above section, you already know that an overseas individual is still eligible to vote if the person is still an Indian citizen.

These people need to submit Form 6A that consists of columns, which require overseas documents.

There are also respective forms for armed forces, police, and many other posts. These are also available on the online platform from the official website. 

After the Election Commission verifies all these steps, they sent a voting card to the individuals.

In India, the voting card has enormous importance, and thus individuals need to keep it safe and secured. 

These are basic steps that you need to follow for registering yourselves for voting.

Hope this article provides you with all the necessary information that is required to have a voter ID.