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Indian expats in UAE lose hope as no postal ballots in sight
Ashwani Kumar and Dhanusha Gokulan/Dubai Filed on February 27, 2021
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As of now, overseas Indians are free to cast their votes in constituencies they are registered in.
Eligible overseas Indian voters will not get the facility of postal ballots in the five assembly elections to be held in March and April as the government wants the Election Commission (EC) to consult various stakeholders before the facility is rolled out.
Responding to a question on whether the facility of Electronically Transmitted Postal Ballot System (ETPBS) would be extended to overseas voters in the assembly elections to West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and Puducherry, chief election commissioner Sunil Arora replied in the negative.