Armed Forces personnel to now get e-postal ballots
October 24, 2016  20:16
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Accepting a long-pending demand, the government has amended electoral rules to allow service voters, including Armed Forces personnel, to get their postal ballot through electronic means to save valuable time. 

This would mean that service voters, including personnel from armed forces, can now download the blank post ballot sent to them electronically, mark their preference and post the filled-up ballot back to their respective returning officers. 

This would cut short the delay experienced in the present system of two-way transmission of ballot paper by the postal services, official sources said here. 

Two-way electronic transmission has not been recommended by the Election Commission for security and secrecy reasons, the sources pointed out. 

The armed forces personnel serving in remote and border areas would be greatly benefited since the present system of two-way transmission of ballot paper by the postal services has not been able to meet the expectations of the service voters, they said.  
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