<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">The Election Commission of India officials in Tamil Nadu have intensified their efforts for facilitating voters to link their Aadhaar numbers with their electoral identity cards.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">The state chief electoral officer Satyabrata Sahoo reviewed the preparatory works for the initiative with the district level officials through video-conferencing from Chennai yesterday.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">The Election Commission has decided to allow the electors to link their Aadhaar with the electoral identity cards on a voluntary basis. The target date for the linkage is the 1st April, 2023.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Form-6B has been prepared for the voters to submit their aadhaar numbers to the booth-level electoral staff who may be asked to visit every house for collecting the data.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">The Election Commission has said the move is being initiated to avoid duplication of entries in the electoral rolls. </p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>