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MEA Gives Consent To EC’s Proposal of Extending Postal Ballot System to NRIs
News 18In a bid to enable the Indian diaspora to cast their votes through a postal ballot system, the Ministry of External Affairs has written to the Election Commission giving its consent to their recent proposal to allow resident Indians to vote remotely through electronically-transmitted postal ballot system in their country of residence. As per a report by The Times Of India, EC, in a letter addressed to the law secretary on November 27, had proposed that necessary amendments be made in the Conduct of Election Rules, 1961 to enable the NRIs to vote through postal ballot. The Election Commission in its letter also stated that it had been receiving several representations from the Indian diaspora to facilitate postal ballot as they were unable to be present at their polling area owing to factors like employment, education and travel expenditure. According to a report by The Times of India, the EC proposal allows an NRI to issue a postal ballot electronically after he intimates his wish to vote through form 12 to the returning officer, which must be received at least five days after notification of election.
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