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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 Updated on: March 31, 2014 13:11 IST
“Because these people have no particular address, we have provided them relaxation by mentioning their temporary address in the voter ID.

Many of them live in registered night shelters; for those who do not, we mention a nearby landmark as the address, be it a flyover or a bus stop,” Bharti said.  Further applications for enrolment have been put on hold from March 12.

Till March 22, the number of such voters who had already applied had reached over 8,000. The applications will once again be accepted after the general elections, Bharti said.


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