<h1>National election authority orders state offices to accept Aadhaar as twelfth ID for voter verification, only as identity proof</h1> The national election authority instructed the state election office to accept Aadhaar as an additional (twelfth) identity document for voter verification, following a directive from the apex court requiring its inclusion in a special electoral roll revision. The authority specified Aadhaar is to be used solely as proof of identity, not citizenship, under the Aadhaar Act. It noted that Aadhaar is already enumerated under the Representation of the People Act for identity purposes and warned that refusal to comply will be treated as a serious violation.