District Electoral Officer B S Ramprasad who is also the BBMP Special Commissioner (Administration) said that people who do not possess any of the 17 prescribed identity documents could furnish the temporary ration card and cast their vote.

The temporary card should have the names and age of the members of the family and should indicate their relation to the head of the family. The polling agents of various political parties, who were earlier supposed to compulsorily possess electoral photo identity cards, can now use the other photo documents prescribed by the Election Commission or prepare a photo identity card and get it attested by the Returning Officer of the jurisdictional constituency.

Documents

Following are the other documents: 

Passports, driving licenses, income tax identity (PAN) cards, service identity cards with photograph issued to its employees by State /Central Government/ Public Sector Undertaking or Public Limited Companies, bank, post office and kissan passbooks with photographs for accounts opened on before March 31, student identity cards with photographs issued by recognised educational institutions on or before October 1, 2007, property documents with photographs such as Pattas, Registered Deeds, ration cards with photograph,  SC/ST/OBC Certificates with photograph issued by competent authority on or before March 31, pension documents with photograph such as ex-servicemen’s pension book/ pension payment order, ex-servicemen’s widow / dependent certificates, old age pension order, widow pension order, freedom fighter identity cards, arms licenses with photograph issued on or before March 31.

Certificate of physical handicap with photograph issued by competent authority on or before March 31, ex-servicemen CSD canteen card with photographs, sandhya suraksha scheme card with photographs issued up to  March 31, job cards with photographs issued under NREG Scheme issued up to  March 31 and Yashaswini card with photographs issued up to  March 31.