Gujarat polls: Unable to vote? EC will come to your house to collect ballot
India Today
Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said poll officials will visit the houses of voters who are unable to visit polling stations, to collect their ballots during the Gujarat Assembly elections.
Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Tuesday said that if voters are unable to come to the poll booth for voting during the Gujarat Assembly elections, officials will go to their homes to collect their votes.
The Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and a delegation of senior Election Commission officials were on a two-day visit to the state to review preparedness for the upcoming assembly polls and to meet political representatives.
Addressing the media, Rajiv Kumar said, "If someone is not able to come to the poll booth to vote, we will go home and collect votes. The complete voting procedure will be videographed. In fact, representatives of all political parties can be present."
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According to CEC, form 12D has to be filled to avail this benefit. The same form is filled to avail postal ballot facility.
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