<p>New Delhi: The <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/elections/india/7-phase-lok-sabha-polls-from-april-19-results-on-june-4-2939600">Election Commission</a> is considering suggestions to provide voter ID cards to students when they pass class 12. </p><p>“We are preparing for a system under which Class 12 students will get their Voter IDs once they turn 18. Class 12 students must get voter IDs immediately as they become eligible and we are doing this by way of advanced applications,” Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said on Saturday.</p><p>He added that over 13.74 lakh advance applications for voter IDs were taken from students above the age of 17 who had not attained 18 years on January 1, 2024. Providing statistics, the CEC said that the Commission had this term added 1.82 crore first-time voters aged 18 to 19 years who are eligible to vote in the 18th Lok Sabha polls, with 85 lakh of them being girls.</p>.EC assures people living in camps in violence-hit Manipur will be allowed to vote from there.<p>The EC also added that this term, 19.74 crore voters will be considered young voters, those below 29 years of age. </p><p>First-time voters are a key electorate that all political parties strive to woo. The BJP has been carrying out specialised campaigns for first-time voters. </p><p>Through an initiative called, 'Pehla Vote Modi Ko,' the party has been coming up with videos and reels targeting young voters. PM Modi has also urged his party colleagues to work on this segment of voters and make them aware of the corruption during the UPA era, given that they were young when the BJP assumed power 10 years ago.</p><p>Within the Congress, its youth wing, the Indian Youth Congress had carried out a ‘First Vote’ campaign to encourage and provide support to first-time voters enlisting for an identity card.</p>
<p>New Delhi: The <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/elections/india/7-phase-lok-sabha-polls-from-april-19-results-on-june-4-2939600">Election Commission</a> is considering suggestions to provide voter ID cards to students when they pass class 12. </p><p>“We are preparing for a system under which Class 12 students will get their Voter IDs once they turn 18. Class 12 students must get voter IDs immediately as they become eligible and we are doing this by way of advanced applications,” Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said on Saturday.</p><p>He added that over 13.74 lakh advance applications for voter IDs were taken from students above the age of 17 who had not attained 18 years on January 1, 2024. Providing statistics, the CEC said that the Commission had this term added 1.82 crore first-time voters aged 18 to 19 years who are eligible to vote in the 18th Lok Sabha polls, with 85 lakh of them being girls.</p>.EC assures people living in camps in violence-hit Manipur will be allowed to vote from there.<p>The EC also added that this term, 19.74 crore voters will be considered young voters, those below 29 years of age. </p><p>First-time voters are a key electorate that all political parties strive to woo. The BJP has been carrying out specialised campaigns for first-time voters. </p><p>Through an initiative called, 'Pehla Vote Modi Ko,' the party has been coming up with videos and reels targeting young voters. PM Modi has also urged his party colleagues to work on this segment of voters and make them aware of the corruption during the UPA era, given that they were young when the BJP assumed power 10 years ago.</p><p>Within the Congress, its youth wing, the Indian Youth Congress had carried out a ‘First Vote’ campaign to encourage and provide support to first-time voters enlisting for an identity card.</p>