Chhattisgarh Assembly elections: Senior citizens, disabled can vote from home through postal ballots
India TV NewsChhattisgarh Assembly elections: The Election Commission of India on Saturday announced that it will provide a postal ballot facility at home for persons above 80 years of age and those with more than 40 per cent disability in the upcoming Assembly elections in Chhattisgarh. Addressing a press conference in Raipur, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said that there are more than 2 lakh voters above the age of 80 in the state. The Election Commissioner said that an extensive campaign will be conducted to register individuals who were previously excluded as voters, especially focusing on five particularly vulnerable tribal groups during the ongoing special summary revision -2. Of the total voters, 4.43 lakh are first-timers, 2,948 are centenarians, 1.47 lakh are persons with disabilities, 2.02 lakh voters are in the 80-plus age segment and 19,854 are service votes, he said.