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the accessibility to voting: Linking the two databases will allow the ECI to
track migrant workers and improve their election participation. Multiple
cut-off dates: The January 1 cut-off date deprived several youth from
participating in the electoral exercise held in a particular year. Multiple
cut-off dates will allow more eligible people to be registered as voters.
Gender neutral: Under existing provisions, an Army man’s wife is entitled to be
enrolled as a service voter, but a woman Army officer’s husband is not. The
bill seeks to redress discrimination against male spouses of female armed
services employees. Concerns associated with the Bill Discretion with electoral
officer: Electoral officer has uncanalised discretion since the law does not
prescribe any guiding principles to decide when an Aadhaar number may be
“required”.

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“sufficient cause” under which an individual will be permitted to enter or
remain on the electoral rolls, in case of inability to furnish Aadhaar. Burden
of proof shifts: Instead of the Government proactively ensuring registration on
the electoral rolls (such as through house-to-house verification) to achieve
universal adult franchise, the burden now shifts to individuals who may be
unable/unwilling to link their Aadhaar to justify their retention on the rolls.
Risk of disenfranchisement: Using Aadhaar to clean the electoral rolls is
fraught with the risk of disenfranchisement, especially of the marginalised
communities. The inclusion and exclusion errors of Aadhaar database would
cascade to the electoral database. A study in Latin America revealed that
countries with a single form of ID were likely to have fewer citizens
participating in the electoral process since they were unable to prove their
identity. In 2015, media reports highlighted that lakhs of voters in Andhra
Pradesh and Telangana were reportedly excluded from the electoral process due
to the practice of linking Aadhaar numbers with electoral ID
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