POLICE OFFICIALS and different authorities officers on election obligation on November 20 when Maharashtra goes for polls in a single part, started the method of casting their votes on Friday at seven facilitation centres throughout the town.
An official stated that centres the place authorities officers are given coaching in finishing up elections double up as facilitation centres the place they solid their votes.
Whereas up to now, they’d ship their ballots by submit, as per adjustments caused final yr, they now solid their poll on the facilitation centres metropolis up throughout the town. Earlier this yr throughout Lok Sabha polls for the primary time facilitation centres had been used for presidency officers throughout the nation.
An official stated that within the metropolis Dharavi, Sion-Koliwada, Sewri, Byculla, Malabar Hill, Mumbadevi and Colaba are the seven facilitation centres arrange throughout the town. Until November 16, these concerned in election obligation on polling day can solid their votes by means of poll paper.
Postal voting
An official stated that the Election Fee of India (ECI) has made the ability of postal voting out there to officers and workers on nationwide obligation, military officers, disabled individuals and senior residents above 85 years of age to train their proper to vote.
In case of disabled individuals and senior residents, they’re offered the ability of casting their votes at their residence within the presence of election officers. In 10 constituencies of Mumbai metropolis district, 2137 voters over 85 years and 219 disabled voters have certified for postal voting.
In 2023, with the intention to examine potential misuse of postal poll facility for these concerned in conducting polls, election guidelines had been modified whereby voters equivalent to these on election obligation solid their votes previous to the election date on the facilitation centre.
Prone to undue affect
Earlier, they stored their poll papers with them and despatched it by submit which the ECI believed made them inclined to undue affect, threats, bribery and different unethical means.
The usual coverage of the Fee offers that voters on election obligation are deployed to a constituency apart from their dwelling constituency to handle and supervise polling on the allotted polling stations. Owing to this association they don’t seem to be in a position to solid votes at their dwelling polling station in individual.
As per the brand new association, the voters on ballot obligation apply for postal ballots to the returning officer involved on the time of their coaching, who after due diligence, points the postal ballots on the coaching centre throughout subsequent rounds of coaching. Authorities officers then solid their votes on the coaching centre that doubles up on the facilitation centre earlier than they’re dispatched to the allotted polling stations for election obligation.
