New Delhi, March 3 -- Amid reports of identical Elector Photo Identity Card (EPIC) number being issued to electors in two different states, the Election Commission on Sunday said it does not imply fake voters.
The poll panel said that while EPIC numbers of some of the voters "may be identical", the other details including demographic details, assembly constituency and polling booth are different. "Irrespective of the EPIC number, any elector can cast a vote only at their designated polling station in their respective constituency in their state or union territory where they are enrolled in the electoral roll and nowhere else," it said.
Such duplication was merely caused by the use of "decentralised and manual mechanism" with "identical al...