Ludhiana: Because people over 80 have the first chance to use postal ballots, district administration ordered them to reach this senior voter on time with ballots.
In a multi-confirmed contest, where the margins that win are expected to be thin and every important mandate, these voices are a potential game beating.
Halong with Octogenarian, defense personnel and disabled people (PWD) will also use the voting polling method.
Those in defense services can fill out online forms to use facilities, while PWD must produce a disability certificate.
Ludhiana had 58,946 voters in the 80-plus age group, 5,168 in the defense category, and 10,766 in the PWD segment.
Officials involved in the postal voting process claimed that it would be a challenge for polling staff to do voting through this system because they must first take ballots to prospective voters and then bring this back to count.
One of the officials claimed that in the new Political situation Punjab, where the arrival of new parties such as Punjab Lok Congress (PLC) and Sanyukt Samaj Morcha (SSM) had conducted the election of assembly of multi-click contests and winning margins expected to be thin, ballots POS can be a game Changer.He say: “Previously we used to guide our staff to bring senior voters to the polling station but, this time, more elderly population is expected to use the postal voting facility..” Confirming the step, a senior officer in The District Government said: “Block-level officers (BLO) have the responsibility to connect with the 80-plus aged voters and cannot reach the voting station due to health-related problems.
They will be offered postal service mail services.” Senior officer in the Administration The district also said that even voters who went down with Covid-19 and spent time U in quarantine will also get the opportunity to vote by postal ballots, as the General Election Commission.
India has instructed administration not to deny even its rights to choose.