Should you be Linking your Aadhaar Card to your Voter ID Card

Should you be Linking your Aadhaar Card to your Voter ID Card?

For years now, the citizens of India have been asked to link their Aadhaar Card to various other documents. When the media questioned the government about the safety features of the Aadhaar system, people were afraid to give their information. A debate about privacy and freedom of the people also made it to headlines. If you thought that people still feel that linking of Aadhaar Card to Voter ID Card is not necessary, you are wrong.

LocalCricles, a company that connects with the community and conducts surveys about pressing issues in the country recently conducted a survey. The survey was about linking Aadhaar Card to Voter ID Card. A total of 9,160 votes were recorded in this survey. According to the survey, 88% of the citizens supported this move and wanted the Aadhaar Card to be linked with the Voter ID Card. The reason quoted by many was that linking these two documents will eliminate duplicate voting which is a major problem in our country.

Importance of linking your Aadhaar Card to your Voter ID Card

• By linking your Aadhaar with your Election Card, you are helping the Government of India to find how many duplicate voter ID card has been issued. This will help in eliminating fake voters.

• One of the pressing problems in India is bogus voting. Every year, there are many people who cast bogus vote to make their party win. This can be eliminated if you link your Aadhaar with your Election Card.

• The Government of India will have the accurate date of voters in the country.

• By linking your Aadhaar with your Voter ID Card will make sure that a just and fair government, which is chosen by the public is appointed as it eliminated duplicate votes.

• It helps in making our voting system transparent.

We all talk about how corrupt our government is but do we take a step to make it any better? If you want to, go ahead and link your Aadhaar with your Election Card. Let us see if this move helps.