For establishing the identity of a voter in the urban body elections to be conducted by the State Election Commission, a presiding officer or an officer authorised by him can ask for any one of 18 documents prescribed by the commission for voter's ID.
If a voter fails to produce any of them, the presiding officer can allow him to vote after getting him identified by a local Government school teacher, available Government employee or a distinguished local citizen.
According to the Secretary, State Election Commission, GP Shrivastava, these documents include the EPIC card issued by the Election Commission of India, ration card/blue ration card/yellow ration card, bank/Kisan/post office passbook, licence of firearm, photo-bearing documents like patta, registration etc, disability certificate, passport, driving licence, PAN card, service ID card issued by Central or State Government, public sector undertaking, local body or any private industrial unit, student identity card, SC/ST/Backward Class/Nomadic certificates issued by competent authority, pension documents like certificate of payment of pension to ex-servicemen/ex-serviceman's widow/dependent, railway identity card, ex-serviceman's identity card, photo bearing Aadhar cards and photo bearing voting slip issued by the State Election Commission.
If an identity document is available only with head of the family, then permission will be considered as identity proof of other family members as well. Similarly, an identity document issued to any other member of the family can also be used for identity of other family members provided that the concerning member is identifiable on the basis of this document.