The Indian Constitution presents voting rights on any person who is a subject of the nation and is over 18 years old. This base age constrain became effective from March 28, 1989, before which it was 21 years. The Constitution does not separate amongst male and female voters,

offering on them level with rights, along these lines influencing their votes to convey approach weight. On similar lines, no refinements is made based on shading, race, cast, and so on., as long as the said individual is a bonafide subject of India.

Procedure of voting enrollment

With a specific end goal to be distributed a surveying corner at the season of decisions, residents more than 18 years old are required to enroll themselves as voters and get a voter ID card. They can do likewise by topping off and submitting Form-6 to the Electoral Registration Officer of their body electorate. Voters are not permitted to select at in excess of one place. Further, the voting rights are confined to the present work environment and living arrangement. For instance, on the off chance that somebody is local to Gujarat however happens to work in Mumbai, he or she is qualified to vote just for that voting demographic of Mumbai.

Voting privileges of culprits

Indicted hoodlums and detainees are prohibited from taking part in the races as voters. On a similar note, those with flimsy mental condition are shunned voting. All things considered, campaigning endeavours are continuous from different states that contend for more noteworthy human rights for detainees. As per them, detainees too are natives of the nation—and in this manner, some portion of the Republic—and subsequently merit break even with cooperation in races. Be that as it may, the reason has not discovered far reaching support yet.

Non-Resident Indians (NRI)

To qualify as a voter, the individual must live in the specific voting demographic. In this manner, NRIs are disallowed from taking an interest in the voting procedure, aside from in one case. On the off chance that the NRI happens to be an Indian resident utilized under Government of India and is right now posted abroad, he or she may get enlisted as a voter.

Utilization of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs)

EVMs were presented by the Election Commission in 1981 out of a little region of Kerala. The machines require just a solitary press of catch to make the choice, decreasing complex both the time taken to gather information and the time required to process and proclaim comes about. Their utilization has achieved an ocean change in the manner in which decisions are led in India. Be that as it may, as different Public Interest Litigations (PILs) have contended, the machines are not carefully designed and might be effortlessly controlled.

To defeat these confinements, the Voter-Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) framework has been embraced, which demonstrates a printout of the vote simply cast by the voter, affirming that the vote was checked for the gathering planned. This paper trail can later be utilized to check the information got through the machines, should an instance of doubt emerge.