New EPIC with additional security features to be dispatched to voters in Munugode

New Electors Photo Identity Card (EPIC) with additional security features like hologram will be dispatched to voters in Munugode.

Telangana Chief Electoral Officer Vikas Raj informed that these cards will be delivered free of cost to applicants. The Election Commission of India has introduced six new security features to the EPICs for dispatching to the newly registered voters in Munugode constituency where byelection is scheduled on 3rd next month.

The CEO informed that these new EPIC cards with all the security features will be delivered free of cost to all electors enrolled for the poll who were not given the EPIC



cards in the past. The announcement comes at a time when the special summary revision of the electoral rolls is underway and the exercise will conclude with the publication of the draft electoral rolls on 9th next month. 

The election authority informed that it had received requests from 739 electors for postal ballots in respect of senior citizens and persons with disabilities in Munugode Assembly constituency. Seven teams had accordingly been constituted, one team per Mandal comprising officers of the rank of polling officer, assistant polling officer, one police constable, and a videographer.