POLICE OFFICIALS and different authorities officers on election obligation on November 20 when Maharashtra goes for polls in a single section, started the method of casting their votes on Friday at seven facilitation centres throughout 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 forged their votes.
Whereas up to now, they might ship their ballots by publish, as per modifications led to final 12 months, they now forged their poll on the facilitation centres metropolis up throughout town. Earlier this 12 months throughout Lok Sabha polls for the primary time facilitation centres have 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 town. Until November 16, these concerned in election obligation on polling day can forged their votes by way of poll paper.
Postal voting
An official stated that the Election Fee of India (ECI) has made the power of postal voting accessible 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 power 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 purpose to test potential misuse of postal poll facility for these concerned in conducting polls, election guidelines have been modified whereby voters comparable to these on election obligation forged their votes previous to the election date on the facilitation centre.
Inclined to undue affect
Earlier, they stored their poll papers with them and despatched it by publish which the ECI believed made them prone to undue affect, threats, bribery and different unethical means.
The usual coverage of the Fee supplies that voters on election obligation are deployed to a constituency aside from their house constituency to handle and supervise polling on the allotted polling stations. Owing to this association they aren’t in a position to forged votes at their house polling station in particular person.
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 forged 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.
