Postal Ballot : Polling Personnel Engaged In Election Duty
The Election Commission has notified the facility of voting through postal ballot for polling personnel engaged in election duty.
- Postal ballot is also known as absentee voting, is a method of voting in which electors cast their ballots by mail rather than in person at a polling station.
- Eligibility:
- Members of the armed forces, paramilitary forces and other government employees deployed on election duty far from their home constituencies.
- Individuals who are unable to vote in person due to reasons such as being away from their home constituency for work, illness or disability.
- Government officials and polling staff who are assigned duties at polling stations other than their own.
- Individuals who are detained under preventive custody orders during the election period.
- To apply for a postal ballot, eligible voters must submit an application to the Returning Officer (RO) of their respective constituency.
- The application form typically requires personal details, voter identification information, and the reason for seeking a postal ballot.
- The RO verifies the eligibility of the applicant and issues the postal ballot if the criteria are met.
