Officials gear up for postal ballots

Hyderabad: With biennial elections to the Hyderabad-Rangareddy-Mahbubnagar graduates’ constituency polls on March 14, officials have made arrangements for electors to exercise their franchise through postal ballot. Postal

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facility will be available for the specially-abled (person with disabilities), electors above 80 and Covid-19 patients.

Citizens enrolled as people with disability (PWD) would cast their vote on March 9, senior citizens above 80 will exercise their franchise on March 10 and people with Covid-19 would vote on March 11 and March 12. Officials deployed on election duty along with police personnel would visit the eligible electors to execute the postal ballot procedure. The ballot box would also be taken to the elector’s house and the complete process would be videographed.

As on date, 459 electors have enrolled to exercise their vote through postal ballot in the Hyderabad-Rangareddy-Mahbubnagar graduates’ constituency polls . “List of Covid-19 patients will be sent to us on March 8 (Monday), we are expecting around 100 electors infected with Covid-19 will avail postal ballot option,” a GHMC official, who has been appointed as nodal officer for graduates’ polls, said.

Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) deputy commissioners have been instructed by the district election authority to cross-check arrangements for postal ballot, make arrangements to videograph the proceedings (at the address of the electors ) duly securing police personnel from police station of the respective area while visiting the electors eligible for postal ballot.