Chennai: Help centres set-up for voters id problems

Chennai, Nov 19: Voters requiring corrections in their elector photo identity cards may approach the help centres or Corporation zonal offices in all 16 constituencies in the district. Fresh cards would be issued after the corrections are made. The procedures to apply for the corrections are as follows: For correction of personal details such as name, age, sex, photograph and name of father/husband, fill up form 001 C and a form certifying that the fresh details supplied are correct. The corrected cards would be issued in 7 or 15 days. The same procedure is to be followed for those who are yet to receive their identity cards despite their names featuring in the electoral rolls drawn up till June 2008 and those who have lost their cards during any natural disasters or riots.
The above procedure may also be followed along with payment of Rs.25 for the following cases: Voters who have lost or damaged their cards and require duplicate ones; those whose cards bear their old addresses though the electoral rolls have the new addresses and those who want cards that fit into wallets.

These services apply to only those whose names and personal details have already been updated in the electoral rolls. Those who wish to have the details revised in the electoral rolls would have to submit forms 8, 8 -A or 6.

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