Plans by India's Election Commission to link new voter identity cards with the biometrics-backed Aadhar id databse are taking shape.Pilot projects have already been launched in Delhi and Punjab province, while officials confirmed this week that the scheme could be complete as early as the end of 2015.Last month, the EC began issuing new, colour voter cards known as the Electors Photo Identity Card (EPICs), which store biometric data and have added security features.EPIC is part of a broader scheme to link the country's biometrics-backed ID number system with electoral rolls to delete duplicate records and prevent voter fraud.EC staff have told local media that the plan is to synchronise the systems by the end of 2015.”We keep getting complaints of bogus and duplicate votes. One of the best ways to ensure that a person votes only once in the country is to link electoral rolls with Aadhaar numbers,” Delhi's chief electoral officer Vijay Dev said last December.In the run up to the Delhi elections to be held this week, the Delhi electoral office uncovered a large number of possible bogus voters in the capital. In one case, the photograph of a single man was found on 98 voter cards.”Software to facilitate the voters has also been released today by the Election Commission”, Punjab Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) V K Singh said on 5 February. “[Punjab] voters could get their Aadhar cards registered with the Chief Electoral officer from 6 February to 7 March,” he said.
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