Nearly 17,000 Delhi cops to vote via postal ballot, slight dip from last election

In the Lok Sabha polls past year, astatine slightest 18,983 Delhi Police unit filled retired these postal ballot forms, somewhat higher compared to the 17,936 forms filled successful the 2020 Delhi Assembly polls.

The postal ballot is simply a strategy that allows those connected predetermination work to formed their votes done a ballot astatine the District Election Office (DEO) a time oregon 2 anterior to the polling day.

With a spot of astir 90,000 unit hailing from crossed the country, the Delhi Police comes nether the Union Home Ministry (MHA). A bulk of these unit are from Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Bihar, and Punjab. According to an officer, who did not privation to beryllium named, retired of the full strength, astir 25,000 unit hail from Delhi.

Many of the personnel, who hail from neighbouring states similar Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan, workout their franchise successful their respective states, helium said.

Another serviceman said that the postal ballot strategy successful the Delhi Police has been executed for respective years but it has ne'er been emphasised connected specified a immense scale. “Now, the Election Commission motivates the work people voters to usage the postal ballot if they are having their work connected the polling day. There is simply a due acceptable up successful the Delhi Police wherever they cod the signifier and nonstop it to the predetermination committee for further approval,” the serviceman said.

Describing the process, the serviceman added that erstwhile the Election Commission accepts a form, an idiosyncratic cannot formed his ballot successful idiosyncratic astatine the polling station.

It has been seen that the Election Commission often counts the ballot votes archetypal connected the time of the result, helium added.