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As Tamil Nadu is gearing up for the Assembly predetermination scheduled connected April 23, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has notified the database of categories of the electorate who would beryllium allowed to formed a postal ballot. Who are they?
As per Section 60(c) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, the Commission has notified that electors supra the property of 85 years and persons with disabilities (PwDs) flagged successful electoral rolls whitethorn formed their ballot done a postal ballot.
“Such electors tin avail this installation utilizing Form 12 D and submitting to the Returning Officer done their BLO wrong 5 days of notification of election. Polling teams volition cod their votes astatine their homes, arsenic per docket to beryllium prepared by the respective Returning Officers and shared with the candidates arsenic well,” the Commission said.
Tamil Nadu Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Archana Patnaik has notified the database of persons employed successful the indispensable services, who whitethorn beryllium allowed to ballot by a postal ballot connected relationship of being connected work connected the time of canvass successful the existent wide predetermination to the Legislative Assembly.
Those who are marked arsenic serving successful indispensable services successful transportation with the upcoming predetermination are: Southern Railway nether jurisdiction of Tamil Nadu, All India Radio, Marine Department, Airport Authority of India, Ministry of Information of Broadcasting, mediapersons, Chennai Metro Rail, Tamil Nadu State Transport Undertaking, Tamil Nadu Power Distribution Corporation Limited, Fire and Rescue Services, Prison and Correctional Services, and Traffic Police.
An elector connected predetermination work shall person his/her postal ballot, grounds his/her ballot thereon and instrumentality the aforesaid astatine the facilitation centre. The ECI has issued directions successful this respect to guarantee that voting takes spot with implicit secrecy for the elector astatine the facilitation centre.
As for work voters, they volition beryllium sent their postal ballots electronically by the Returning Officer done the Electronically Transmitted Postal Ballot System (ETPBS), instantly connected finalisation of database of contesting candidates. “Service voters are not required to carnivore the outgo of postal services.”
The postal ballots formed should scope the acrophobic Returning Officers (ROs) by 8 a.m. connected the day of counting of votes, i.e., May 4, 2026. The Returning Officers (RO)/District Election Officers (DEO) person besides been directed to little the governmental parties/contesting candidates regarding the supra provisions.
The notification for the predetermination to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly would beryllium issued connected March 30.
