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D Voters – Assam NRC Issue
August 22 , 2019
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- With few days left for the publication of the final National Register of Citizens (NRC), the Election Commission of India (ECI) is now faced with the legal question whether those excluded should be marked as ‘D’ voters.
- ‘D’ voters, sometimes also referred to as Dubious voter or Doubtful voter, are a category of voters in Assam whose citizenship is doubtful or under dispute.
- This category was introduced in 1997.
- Such D Voters cannot participate in elections unless their case is decided by a Foreigners’ Tribunal.
- Around 1.2 lakh ‘D’ voters did not participate in the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections.
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