ECI Plans to Extend Postal Ballots to NRIs

On November 27, the Election Commission of India (ECI) wrote to the Law Ministry, proposing to extend the facility of postal ballots to eligible overseas, non-resident Indians (NRIs) for the Assembly elections in Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal in 2021.

  • The ECI had received representations from the Indian diaspora about facilitating voting through postal votes since travelling to India for elections was a costly affair.
  • The ECI’s proposal may get implemented first for voters based in the US, Canada, New Zealand, Japan, Australia, Germany, France and South Africa.
  • For now, Gulf countries are not part of the proposed pilot given ....
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