The Election Commission (EC) has directed all election officers to allow people to vote even if they don’t have their voters identity card.

Kantipur daily reported that the commission has directed the polling officers to allow the voters to cast votes if they have any identity card issued by government authorities that can identify the voter like citizenship card, land ownership receipt, press identity card, identity card issued by university or government offices or recommendation letter made by VDCs or municipalities.

The election regulation of 2052 allows only persons possessing voters identity card to cast vote in the elections.

The government has repeated its commitments to conduct the polls while protesting political parties said they would not allow the polls to happen. The Maoist rebels have called a weeklong nationwide strike against the polls that has affected normal life across the country.