New Delhi, May 14 -- The Election Commission (EC) has resolved the issue of voter cards having similar numbers and those with such cards have been issued fresh ones with new numbers.
According to sources, the number of similar electoral photo identity card or EPIC numbers found were "miniscule", averaging to around one in four polling stations. During the field-level verification, it was found that holders of such similar EPIC numbers were genuine electors in different Assembly Constituencies and different polling stations, the sources said. Every voter's name is in the electoral roll of the polling station, where he or she is an ordinary resident. Having had an EPIC of similar number never enabled any such person to vote at any other poll...