Washington: For the first time, lakhs of paramilitary soldiers may be able to download the ballot paper from the Internet, cast their vote and send it by post to the returning officer in the next Lok Sabha elections.At the initiative of the paramilitary forces like BSF and CRPF, the Election Commission is working on such a plan, which would make postal voting much easier for these force personnel who would be deployed in remote parts of the country.
"This (downloadable ballot papers) is actually a suggestion, which we are right now looking at seriously for the defence personnel," Chief Election Commissioner VS Sampath said, adding that such a move would reduce the one way travel time of postal ballots during the elections.Read more
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