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 to make the process inclusive and accessible the election commission of India has extended its oat from home facility to persons with disabilities and senior citizens aged 85 and above this move would allow more than 85 lakh senior citizens and 88.4 lakh persons with disabilities to cast their Roots so who eligible to Avail the vote from home facility people aged 85 and above persons with disabilities The Benchmark is that the disability should not be less than 40% of the specified disability as certified by the concerned certifying Authority media persons covering polling Day activities given that they carry authorization letters from the election commission workers from essential services such as metros Railways and healthcare service voters Personnel of the Armed Forces posted away from their hometowns Central armed police forces deployed away from home and those on poll Duty how to apply form 12d needs to be submitted it is a letter informing the assistant returning officer that the person may not be in a position to go to the polling station to vote the form can be downloaded online from the ECI website or collected from the office of the representative district officer of a parliamentary con constituency however the form has to be filled and submitted within 5 days of notification of the polling date this form has to be submitted in person and cannot be done online which is a barrier once filed two polling officials accompanied by a videographer and a security person will visit the elector home and oversee the postal ballot voting process the voter will receive an information about the date and approximate time of visit Via SMS or through post the home voting option will be attempted twice the polling team will schedule a second visit if the elector fails to be at the given address during the first visit if the otter is absent on the second visit a further visit will not be entertained the voter will subsequently be ineligible to vote both at polling booths or to the home voting scheme people with blindness or physical infirmity are allowed to nominate a companion and take their assistance while home voting you can check government websites such as pib or follow news channels for update on gazzard notification by ECI

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Published: Mon Apr 01 2024