Over 38,000 senior citizens and persons with disabilities eligible to cast postal ballots in Tiruchi district

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About 38,700 elder citizens, supra the property of 85, and persons with disabilities, with much than 40% disability, are eligible to workout their franchise done postal ballots from their homes successful Tiruchi district.

The 9 Assembly constituencies successful the territory had 16,327 elder citizens supra the property of 85 and 22,406 persons with disabilities (with much than 40% disability), Collector and District Election Officer V.Saravanan said successful a property release.

They tin workout the enactment by submitting the exertion forms (Form 12D) which would beryllium distributed to them by Booth Level Officers (BLOs). Distribution of the forms to the eligible electors are nether mode successful the district, helium said.

The filled successful forms should beryllium handed implicit to the BLOs wrong 5 days. Those who person exercised the enactment cannot ballot astatine the polling stations. Persons with disabilities should taxable the disablement certificate issued by a qualified aesculapian practitioner.

BLOs would sojourn the houses of the eligible voters doubly and if the electors were not disposable connected some occasions it would beryllium deemed that they were not funny successful exercising the option. All indispensable arrangements would beryllium made for the electors, who had chosen the option, to formed their votes done postal ballots from their homes, Mr. Saravanan said.

Published - March 19, 2026 06:55 p.m. IST

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