MEA Gives Consent To EC’s Proposal of Extending Postal Ballot System to NRIs
4 years, 2 months ago

MEA Gives Consent To EC’s Proposal of Extending Postal Ballot System to NRIs

News 18  

In 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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High time NRIs empowered to vote from their locations: outgoing CEC Rajiv Kumar in farewell address
3 weeks, 6 days ago

High time NRIs empowered to vote from their locations: outgoing CEC Rajiv Kumar in farewell address

The Hindu  

Outgoing Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Monday stressed the need to have a totaliser system to ensure confidentiality in polling station-wise voting patterns and said it is high time that NRIs are empowered to vote from their locations. "However, innovations like biometric authentication may further help prevent impersonation and multiple voting, ensuring that every vote belongs to the rightful …

Employees JAC seeks more time for casting postal ballots
10 months ago

Employees JAC seeks more time for casting postal ballots

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Employees JAC has urged the Election Commission to continue casting of postal ballots for government employees up to 6 pm on May 11. In a letter addressed to the chief electoral officer, union leaders Bopparaju Venkateswarulu and Palisetti Damodara Rao urged the EC to allow accepting the applications for postal ballots at the Postal Voter Facilitation Centres till 6 …

Do NRIs have any rights to cast their vote in India?
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Do NRIs have any rights to cast their vote in India?

India Today  

NRI voters are Indian citizens living abroad for various reasons like employment or education, without acquiring citizenship elsewhere. Here's a step-by-step guide on how NRI voters can participate in the electoral process: To register as an NRI voter, complete Form 6A online via https://voterportal.eci.gov.in/ and submit the required proofs You'll need to attach one recent passport-sized coloured photograph to Form …

ECI eases procedure for voting by displaced Kashmiri people
11 months ago

ECI eases procedure for voting by displaced Kashmiri people

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India announced on Friday that it has eased paperwork for people who shifted from Kashmir to Jammu and Udhampur in the nineties to cast their votes to facilitate their participation in the 2024 general elections. **The Election Commission of India eased the procedure for displaced persons from the Kashmir valley to exercise their franchise …

'Fake Claim': EC Clarifies Eligible Officials On Election Duty Can Cast Their Vote
11 months, 1 week ago

'Fake Claim': EC Clarifies Eligible Officials On Election Duty Can Cast Their Vote

ABP News  

The Elections Commission of India clarified on Thursday that eligible officials can cast their votes while on duty using ballot papers at a designated facilitation centre. In response to the "fake claim" that officials on election duty cannot vote, the poll body stated in an X post, "A message is being circulated on Whats App that Govt employees cannot cast …

Indian govt urges NRI voters to participate in 2024 Lok Sabha elections, here's a step-by-step guide
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Indian govt urges NRI voters to participate in 2024 Lok Sabha elections, here's a step-by-step guide

Hindustan Times  

Ahead of the 18th Lok Sabha elections, the Indian government has urged all non-residents of India to cast their vote. In a post on X, the Press Information Bureau wrote: "Calling all NRI voters to cast their vote this Lok Sabha Elections" and shared a step by step guide to inform how NRI voters can participate in the general elections. …

Ahead of 2024 Lok Sabha polls, ECI hints of allowing e-postal ballot for overseas 15 lakh Indian voters
1 year, 9 months ago

Ahead of 2024 Lok Sabha polls, ECI hints of allowing e-postal ballot for overseas 15 lakh Indian voters

India TV News  

Ahead of the crucial 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar, on Friday, hinted that eligible overseas Indian voters could participate in the country's polls. He also said that the timely and continued delivery of credible electoral outcomes since 1952 was an important ingredient of worldwide acknowledgement of India's comprehensive national power, especially in an era of "democratic …

GVL inquires about online voting for Indians abroad
1 year, 11 months ago

GVL inquires about online voting for Indians abroad

Deccan Chronicle  

Vishakapatnam: Union law minister Kiren Rijeju said Election Commission of India is proposing to amend Conduct of Elections Rules, 1961, to provide voting facility to Indians living overseas through an Electronically Transmitted Postal Ballot System. Narasimha Rao, the union minister said as on January 1, 2023, there are 1,15,696 Indian citizens residing abroad, who are registered as voters in Indian …

Ayes and nays: The Hindu Editorial on Remote Electronic Voting Machines for domestic migrants
2 years, 2 months ago

Ayes and nays: The Hindu Editorial on Remote Electronic Voting Machines for domestic migrants

The Hindu  

Given the regional variations in demographic trends and economic opportunities, India has a high rate of migration, which doubled in the census decade of 2001-2011. The Election Commission of India has now proposed a mechanism to facilitate remote voting for domestic migrants. The Remote Electronic Voting Machine prototype can be used for up to 72 constituencies simultaneously from a single, …

Explained | What is the status of remote voting for NRIs?
2 years, 4 months ago

Explained | What is the status of remote voting for NRIs?

The Hindu  

The story so far: On the assurance of the Attorney General that the Centre was looking at ways to facilitate distance voting for non-resident Indians, mainly migrant labourers, the Supreme Court on November 1 disposed of a batch of petitions seeking remote voting for NRIs. A major reason for low NRI registration and voting despite India amending the Representation of …

Remote voting: The Hindu Editorial on postal ballot for NRIs
2 years, 4 months ago

Remote voting: The Hindu Editorial on postal ballot for NRIs

The Hindu  

India has the largest diaspora population, with nearly 1.35 crore non-resident Indians spread across the globe. In 2014, a committee constituted by the ECI to probe methods to enable overseas voters’ mandates concluded that proxy voting was the most viable, though some political parties objected to the idea. In 2020, the ECI approached the Government to permit NRIs to vote …

Considering ways to facilitate NRIs to cast vote remotely, Centre tells SC
2 years, 4 months ago

Considering ways to facilitate NRIs to cast vote remotely, Centre tells SC

The Hindu  

The Union government on November 1, 2022 in the Supreme Court said it was considering ways to facilitate non-resident Indians, especially migrant labourers, to cast their votes remotely while ensuring the integrity of the electoral process. Allowing NRIs to vote from abroad may see expatriates — a bulk of whom are migrant labourers, mostly from Kerala, Tamil Nadu and northern …

Presidential polls: EC starts distribution of ballot boxes, papers
2 years, 8 months ago

Presidential polls: EC starts distribution of ballot boxes, papers

Live Mint  

The Election Commission of India on Tuesday started the preparation for the 18 July Presidential Election by distributing and dispatching the designated ballot boxes, ballot papers, special pens and other sealed election materials to the State Legislative Assembly Secretariats including in the National Capital Territory of Delhi. During the transportation, the ballot boxes fly on a separate air ticket booked …

Postal ballot facility for NRIs being contemplated: Chief Election Commissioner
2 years, 10 months ago

Postal ballot facility for NRIs being contemplated: Chief Election Commissioner

The Hindu  

Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra urged Non-Resident Indians to register as overseas electors and told them about a proposal on postal ballots for NRIs being contemplated during a recent visit to South Africa and Mauritius, the Election Commission said on Friday. An EC delegation led by Mr. Chandra visited South Africa and Mauritius from April 9 to 19 and interacted …

EC allows persons deployed in essential services, media to cast votes via postal ballot
3 years, 1 month ago

EC allows persons deployed in essential services, media to cast votes via postal ballot

India TV News  

Highlights Persons deployed in essential services and media can cast their votes through postal ballots. The Election Commission of India on Monday issued a notification allowing the persons deployed in essential services and media to cast their votes through postal ballots in the forthcoming Assembly elections in five states. According to the notification, the personnel employed in Information and Public …

Assembly Elections 2021: No postal ballot facility for overseas Indian voters in upcoming polls, says EC
4 years ago

Assembly Elections 2021: No postal ballot facility for overseas Indian voters in upcoming polls, says EC

Firstpost  

New Delhi: Eligible overseas Indian voters will not get the facility of postal ballots in the five Assembly elections to be held in March and April as the government wants the Election Commission to consult various stakeholders before the facility is rolled out. Responding to a question on whether the facility of Electronically Transmitted Postal Ballot System would be extended …

Supreme Court Issues Notice On PIL Seeking Postal Ballot, E-Voting Facility For NRI Voters, People Living Outside Constituencies
4 years ago

Supreme Court Issues Notice On PIL Seeking Postal Ballot, E-Voting Facility For NRI Voters, People Living Outside Constituencies

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice on a writ petition seeking voting rights for Non Resident Indians and other people who, at the time of elections, are outside their voting constituency, by way of methods like postal ballots. However, Advocate Kaleeswaram Raj appearing for the Petitioner argued that insistence of physical presence for voting by imposing rigid conditions violates …

Election Commission Proposes Extending Postal Ballot Facility for Overseas Indians
4 years, 3 months ago

Election Commission Proposes Extending Postal Ballot Facility for Overseas Indians

News 18  

The Election Commission has proposed to the government to extend the Electronically Transmitted Postal Ballot System facility, so far available to service voters, to eligible overseas Indian voters. In a letter to the legislative secretary in the law ministry on November 27, the Commission said with the successful execution of ETPBS in case of service voters, it is now "confident" …

Govt To Persuade States To Adopt ECI Electoral Roll For Local Body Polls: Law Minister
4 years, 5 months ago

Govt To Persuade States To Adopt ECI Electoral Roll For Local Body Polls: Law Minister

News 18  

New Delhi: A decision has been taken by the government to persuade states to adopt the electoral rolls prepared by the Election Commission of India for their local body elections, the Centre informed Parliament on Monday. In a written reply in the Lok Sabha, Law and Justice Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said there is no proposal to amend the Representation …

ECI, Law Ministry discuss electoral reforms
5 years ago

ECI, Law Ministry discuss electoral reforms

The Hindu  

The Election Commission of India on Tuesday discussed pending electoral reforms, including Aadhaar linkage with the electoral roll, with the Law Ministry's Department of Legislative Affairs, an ECI statement said. Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora said that over 40 electoral reforms had been pending and that the ECI was discussing some of these proposals currently, the statement said. The detailed …

Government to table Bill in Winter Session to allow NRIs to vote, SC told
7 years, 4 months ago

Government to table Bill in Winter Session to allow NRIs to vote, SC told

India TV News  

A bill to amend the electoral law to allow Non-Resident Indians to vote through postal or e-ballots would be introduced in the upcoming Winter Session of Parliament, the Centre today informed the Supreme Court. On July 21, Attorney General KK Venugopal had told the court that NRIs could not be allowed to vote by merely changing the rules made under …

Winter Session of Parliament: Govt to table bill to allow NRIs to vote through postal or e-ballots
7 years, 4 months ago

Winter Session of Parliament: Govt to table bill to allow NRIs to vote through postal or e-ballots

Firstpost  

KK Venugopal told the court that NRIs could not be allowed to vote by merely changing the rules made under the Representation of People Act and a Bill was needed to be introduced in Parliament to amend the Act itself to grant the voting rights New Delhi: A bill to amend the electoral law to allow Non-Resident Indians to vote …

Cabinet clears proposal to let NRIs vote by proxy, govt to amend Representation of the People Act
7 years, 7 months ago

Cabinet clears proposal to let NRIs vote by proxy, govt to amend Representation of the People Act

Firstpost  

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday cleared a proposal to extend proxy voting to overseas Indians by amending electoral laws, a senior government functionary said. New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday cleared a proposal to extend proxy voting to overseas Indians by amending electoral laws, a senior government functionary said. For overseas Indians, the Representation of the People Act needs …

NRI Voting; Govt. considering E-postal Ballot and Proxy Voting; Law Minister
9 years, 7 months ago

NRI Voting; Govt. considering E-postal Ballot and Proxy Voting; Law Minister

Live Law  

The Government is considering to allow the alternative options of voting to overseas electors in the form of ‘e-Postal Ballot System’ which envisages making available bank postal ballot electronically to the NRI voters and thereafter return of the same by normal post and ‘proxy voting which would allow such voters to appoint a proxy after following certain formalities and. The …

NRI Voting; Govt. considering E-postal Ballot and Proxy Voting; Law Minister
9 years, 7 months ago

NRI Voting; Govt. considering E-postal Ballot and Proxy Voting; Law Minister

Live Law  

The Government is considering to allow the alternative options of voting to overseas electors in the form of ‘e-Postal Ballot System’ which envisages making available bank postal ballot electronically to the NRI voters and thereafter return of the same by normal post and ‘proxy voting which would allow such voters to appoint a proxy after following certain formalities and. The …

NRIs can vote from abroad: govt. tells SC
10 years, 2 months ago

NRIs can vote from abroad: govt. tells SC

The Hindu  

The government on Monday informed the Supreme Court of its decision to accept the Election Commission's recommendation to allow Non-Resident Indians to vote from overseas through e-postal ballots or proxy voting. Overseas votes could prove significant: NRI petitioner Based on an October 2014 report prepared by the Election Commission on options for voters overseas, the government informed the Supreme Court …

Allow e-voting for NRIs within 8 weeks, SC tells centre
10 years, 2 months ago

Allow e-voting for NRIs within 8 weeks, SC tells centre

India TV News  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court today directed central government to ensure that Non Resident Indians are able to cast their vote from abroad through electronic ballot. There are an estimated 11 million NRIs across the world and the SC order will empower them to participate directly in the democratic process of their motherland. The central government today informed the Supreme …

Government nod likely to voting for NRIs through electronic means
10 years, 2 months ago

Government nod likely to voting for NRIs through electronic means

India TV News  

New Delhi: Days after extending more benefits to Persons of Indian Origin, the government is set to accept the recommendations of a committee which has favoured voting for NRIs through electronic means. A senior government functionary told PTI that misuse of the process can be checked by devising safeguards once the facility is actually started.“The committee is of the view …

Government set to accept NRI voting through electronic means
10 years, 2 months ago

Government set to accept NRI voting through electronic means

India TV News  

New Delhi: The government is set to accept the recommendations of a committee which has favoured voting for NRIs through electronic means. The government, which has firmed up its stand, is set to tell the Supreme Court soon that it supports e-ballot for NRIs, a senior government functionary told PTI. Chief Electioner Commissioner VS Sampath had said recently that the …

Voting rights and lot more: What American Indians are demanding of PM Modi
10 years, 5 months ago

Voting rights and lot more: What American Indians are demanding of PM Modi

Firstpost  

NRIs should be granted voting rights. This can be done either by mail or by voting in the respective nearest consulate," a memorandum submitted to Modi in a meeting with Overseas Friends of BJP delegation said yesterday. New York: The overseas wing of the BJP in the US has asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to consider granting voting rights to …

SC moved for NRIs' right to vote from abroad
10 years, 11 months ago

SC moved for NRIs' right to vote from abroad

India TV News  

New Delhi: A plea has been moved in the Supreme Court seeking direction to the central government and the Election Commission that Non-resident Indians who are registered voters should be allowed to cast their ballot even from their foreign locations. The plea moved on Saturday said the existing provision under section 20A of the Representation of the People Act, 2010, …

Govt. issues notification for NRI voting rights
14 years, 3 months ago

Govt. issues notification for NRI voting rights

The Hindu  

A longstanding wish of millions of NRIs for voting rights in India has come true with the Centre issuing a notification to this effect to enable them to exercise their franchise. “Gazette notification has been issued giving voting rights to Non-Resident Indians,” Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi told the Lok Sabha. The new law will allow an Indian citizen …

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