Postal ballot for Kerala essential service staff too
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Health, police, water and power, forest, KSRTC among services
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Health, police, water and power, forest, KSRTC among services
Postal ballots will be issued to personnel in notified essential services, including health officials, police, and journalists, for the upcoming Assembly elections, Chief Electoral Officer Teeka Ram Meena said on Saturday.
The earlier decision was to issue postal ballots to voters in the ‘Absentee Voter’ category, which included 80-plus voters, the differently abled, the COVID-19-positive and service voters.
Notified essential services include health, police and prison officials; fire and rescue service personnel; excise, Milma, water and power supply, forest, State road transport and treasury services staff; and staff of Central government institutions such as All India Radio, Doordarshan, BSNL, Railways, and Post and Telegraph.