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Leap of Faith Journey of Indian Elections

Besides voters aged above 80 and PwD voters, the facility of Postal Ballot was extended to those quarantined on account of the pandemic

In view of COVID-19 situa on, the Elec on Commission Electors in the following categories had an op on to fill
launched a new ini a ve for Persons with Disabili es and Form-12D and avail the facility of vo ng exclusively
Senior Ci zens above 80 years. For the first me in the through postal ballot.
country, these two categories were provided the status of a) Electors marked as Persons with Disabili es (PwDs)
“Absentee Voter” through the Postal Ballot facility during in the electoral roll
Legisla ve Assembly elec ons in Jharkhand (Nov-Dec, b) Electors above 80 years
2019). However, at that me the facility was limited only to
seven Assembly Cons tuencies. For the Bihar Legisla ve c) Absentee voters on no fied Essen al Services.
Assembly elec ons, the Elec on Commission decided to d) Electors who are COVID-19 posi ve/suspect as
extend the same facility to all 243 cons tuencies. cer fied by competent authority and are in home/
ins tu onal quaran ne.

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