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More than 8,000 homeless registered to vote in Lok Sabha polls

New Delhi: A new brigade of voters is gearing up for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections as more than 8,000 homeless people, scattered across the national capital, have been issued voter IDs by the Delhi

India TV News Desk Published : Mar 31, 2014 13:07 IST, Updated : Mar 31, 2014 13:11 IST
Our booth level officers then visited the addresses mentioned in the documents, twice, to confirm the details that the commission had received,” Bharti said. 

“Some of us have been issued a voter ID, some did not go to get themselves registered.

Many of those who live with us were unaware of the facility. One of my relatives got it made in February, but I don't have it,” said Kumar, a rickshaw puller.

Officials said they tried to enrol as many voters as they could but one major problem was the temporary addresses of the homeless.

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