Out to cast vote, 23-yr-old delivers baby at polling booth in Karnataka's Ballari
1 year, 7 months ago

Out to cast vote, 23-yr-old delivers baby at polling booth in Karnataka's Ballari

India Today  

A 23-year-old pregnant woman, who was out to cast her vote, delivered a baby at a polling station in Karnataka's Ballari in a rare incident on Wednesday, the Election Commission said. The woman reached the polling station in Kurlagindi village of Ballari to exercise her right to franchise in the assembly elections when her water broke and labour pains started, the poll panel was quoted as saying by news agency PTI. According to the latest voter turnout for the polls to the 224-member Assembly, Ramanagara recorded the highest turnout of 78.22 per cent, while the lowest polling was from Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike South limits at 48.63 per cent, election officials said. Over 80,000 senior citizens who are 80 years and above, 19,279 persons with disability and 15,328 essential service personnel in the state had registered for home voting.

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Noida: In a first, 355 people with disabilities and aged 85 years cast vote from home in Gautam Budh Nagar
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Noida: In a first, 355 people with disabilities and aged 85 years cast vote from home in Gautam Budh Nagar

India TV News  

Noida: As the Election Commission of India, for the first time in a Lok Sabha Election, has provided the facility of home voting for the elderly and Persons with Disabilities in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, as many as 355 such people cast their vote in Gautam Budh Nagar constituency on Monday. Eligibility for vote from home Voters above 85 …

Vote from home: Elderly, disabled voters in Chandigarh to be registered from April 15
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Vote from home: Elderly, disabled voters in Chandigarh to be registered from April 15

Hindustan Times  

From Monday, the Chandigarh election department will start distributing registration forms to senior citizens aged 85 and above, and persons with disabilities who wish to cast their vote from home through ballots. For the first time, Election Commission of India has decided to extend the home voting facilities to senior citizens and differently abled people. Special teams to deliver registration …

Vote from Home: Elderly and Differently-abled Preferring Polling Booths
9 months ago

Vote from Home: Elderly and Differently-abled Preferring Polling Booths

Deccan Chronicle  

Karwar: Ahead of the Lok Sabha General Elections 2024, the Election Commission has introduced the 'Vote from Home' option, primarily targeting elderly senior citizens and differently-abled individuals. The Election Commission's aim behind the 'Vote from Home' facility is to ensure that every eligible voter, including senior citizens aged above 85 and differently-abled individuals, can exercise their franchise without facing any …

Watch | What is the vote-from-home facility and who can apply? | Lok Sabha polls 2024
9 months, 1 week ago

Watch | What is the vote-from-home facility and who can apply? | Lok Sabha polls 2024

The Hindu  

Watch | What is the vote-from-home facility and who can apply? | Lok Sabha polls 2024 India is all geared up for its longest election season since the first-ever parliamentary elections of 1951-52. To make the process inclusive and accessible, the Election Commission of India has extended its ‘vote-from-home’ facility to Persons with Disabilities and senior citizens aged 85 and …

Rajasthan Assembly polls 2023: Over 12,000 disabled, elderly voters cast votes in first phase of home voting
1 year, 1 month ago

Rajasthan Assembly polls 2023: Over 12,000 disabled, elderly voters cast votes in first phase of home voting

India TV News  

Rajasthan Assembly polls 2023: More than 12,000 elderly and disabled voters cast their votes for the Rajasthan assembly elections in the first phase of home voting which began on Tuesday. Rajasthan Chief Electoral Officer Praveen Gupta said a total of 62,927 voters in the state have applied for a home voting facility as an option. On the first day of …

Photos | Oldest voter in Karnataka, vote before marriage for bride
1 year, 8 months ago

Photos | Oldest voter in Karnataka, vote before marriage for bride

The Hindu  

Voting in Karnataka Assembly elections 2023 107-year-old Mijar Guthu Anand Alva, father of Alva’s Education Foundation chairman M. Mohan Alva, cast his vote at Bangabettu booth in Moodabidri, Dakshina Kannada district. A mother of a 40-day-old child comes out of the polling booth, with her mother and aunt, after casting her vote in Mangaluru City South constituency in Mangaluru. BJP …

'Home voting' introduced for voters above 80 years of age in Karnataka
1 year, 8 months ago

'Home voting' introduced for voters above 80 years of age in Karnataka

Deccan Chronicle  

BENGALURU: The Election Commission has introduced 'home voting' for the first time in Karnataka for the ensuing Assembly polls for voters above 80 of years of age and also for the Persons with Disability. The initiative has been receiving good response and the first day of the Home voting reported as many as 31,119 voters out of targeted 33,036 voters …

Karnataka assembly elections: Vote from home to be available for people above 80
1 year, 9 months ago

Karnataka assembly elections: Vote from home to be available for people above 80

Hindustan Times  

The Chief Election Commissioner of India, Rajiv Kumar on Wednesday announced that the persons with disabilities and senior citizens who are above 80 will be able to vote from home in forthcoming Karnataka assembly elections. According to the election commission, there are 12.15 lakhs voters who are above 80 and 5.55 lakhs PwD voters in the poll bound state. Karnataka …

Four Covid-19 Patients Cast their Votes Wrapped in PPE Suits in RR Nagar Bypolls
4 years, 2 months ago

Four Covid-19 Patients Cast their Votes Wrapped in PPE Suits in RR Nagar Bypolls

News 18  

Bengaluru: The coronavirus pandemic did not deter four COVID infected people from exercising their franchise during the Rajarajeshwari Nagar assembly bypoll on Tuesday. These four men in home isolation came to the polling stations in ambulances wearing Personal Protective Equipment kits, hogging the limelight. According to sources in the office of the Chief Electoral Officer Sanjiv Kumar, 148 coronavirus-infected voters …

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