I was issued a new photo id card by the Election Commission of India on 21-08. I was very proud of the ease with which the process took place and I voted in the last general elections. Though in recent months I have seen notices in the papers to those who did not have a photo id card to immediately apply for one, I rested content that I already had mine. My address on the card was somewhat incorrect regarding the Gurgaon sector (it said 17, whereas I am in sector 28), but our sector number is unimportant in the postal address, and after all, it had not mattered in the last election. What is important is the condominium name, which is The Laburnum. Imagine my shock to find that my name does not appear on the voters' list (I checked at the Election Office at Gurgaon's Mini Secretariat). The Deputy Commissioner was sympathetic but powerless to rectify the omission. Not once were we told in the last months that EACH TIME THERE IS A FRESH ELECTION, EVERY CITIZEN MUST APPLY FOR A FRESH ID CARD. It is a ludicrous state of affairs.
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