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The Election Photo Identity card (EPIC) is a card given to every person on the voter's list which they can carry while casting their vote. 

The electoral roll (also called an electoral register, voters roll or poll book) is a list of persons who are eligible to vote in a particular electoral district and who are registered to vote if required in a particular jurisdiction. In India, publishing, and updating of the electoral roll is the responsibility of the election commission of India, each state's chief electoral officers, and each state's election commission. These government bodies update and publish the electoral roll every year, making it available for download from official government websites. Hence, Option A is correct. Among the rest of the options, none of the time-lapse occurs in updating, hence, incorrect. 

The large proportions of voters in India are poor, illiterate and underprivileged having no basic knowledge about their rights and freedom. It is the duty of the government to make sure that these people who form the major backbone of our democracy have access to their rights and proper governance and to work for the welfare of such people.

For Lok Sabha elections, the country is divided into 543 constituencies. The representative elected from each constituency is called a Member of Parliament or an MP. One of the features of a democratic election is that every vote should have equal value. Each Parliamentary constituency has within it several assemblies constituencies. The same principle applies to Panchayat and Municipal elections. Each village or town is divided into several ‘wards’ that are like constituencies.

The US and its allies invaded Iraq in 2003 and removed the then-dictator Saddam Hossein from power occupied its territory and installed an interim government of Preference. Since then the elections were held under US occupation in the Iraq territory.

The General elections to the the Lok Sabha (Lower House of the Parliament) in India takes place after every five years since 1951 when first general elections of the independent India were held.

Reserved Constituencies are the constituencies in which people only belonging to the scheduled tribes and scheduled castes who can contest the election. In India, there are certain numbers of university positions and political positions are organized for specified groups of people including Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, women and so on. Hence, Option A is correct. The rest of the clauses do not fit in this definition, hence, incorrect. 

Elections are the essence of democracy because they allow people to exercise their fundamental power of voting to elect their rulers. It is the active participation of the people that makes democracy a great success.

The final stage of an election is the day when the voters cast or ‘poll’ their vote. That day is usually called the election day. Every person whose name is on the voters’ list can go to a nearby ‘polling booth’, situated usually in a local school or a government office. Thus, Polling Booth is a place where arrangements are made so people can cast their vote.

Amongst other qualifications that a person must be a citizen of  India and not otherwise qualified by Parliamentary law, the age for contesting elections to the Lok Sabha is 25 years or above.