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Delhi Elections: Who can vote from home? Election commission clarified regarding the entire process of Home Voting in delhi assembly election ntcpas

The Election Commission has completely rejected the allegations of Aam Aadmi Party on the facility of voting from home and has once again explained the entire process. The Commission has said that like the General Elections 2024, the Election Commission (ECI) has provided “voting from home” or home voting facility to increase the reach of voters of certain groups in the Delhi Assembly Elections 2025. This initiative has been launched with the aim of providing voting facility to senior citizens above 85 years of age and persons with disabilities (PwD). Voters eligible for this facility will have to fill Form 12D to apply for home voting facility. .

For Delhi, so far 6447 applications have been received from citizens above 85 years of age and 1058 applications have been received from disabled voters. In which about 1271 senior citizens and 120 disabled voters have cast their votes so far. Let us inform that once the application is approved, a polling team including election officer and security personnel will visit the voter’s residence before the official polling date i.e. 5 February 2025. The entire procedure and route plan will be shared with all the candidates in the assembly constituency and the candidates or their authorized representatives will be authorized to accompany the polling team.

Video recording of voting also

The team will provide a ballot paper to the voter and ensure that the voting process is completed as per the guidelines laid down by the ECI, with confidentiality and transparency. The entire process will be video recorded to maintain transparency. Voters who opt for this home voting facility will not be allowed to vote at the polling station on election day. This home voting option is completely voluntary.

This initiative is an important step towards inclusive voting, ensuring that senior citizens and persons with disabilities can easily participate in the electoral process. All national and local newspapers have covered the home voting facility extensively. If any voter has any problem, he can go to his local RO/DEO office.

AAP had made these allegations

Actually, Arvind Kejriwal had made a post raising questions on the facility of home voting. In this he had said, ‘The elderly have the facility to vote from their homes. After getting the vote cast from the house of this elderly woman, the election officer took her away. BJP people also came along with the election officials. Why so? Either there are agents of all parties or none of them?

Actually, the process of voting has started in Delhi even before the voting on 5th February. Voters above 80 years of age have started casting their votes in Delhi. Actually, the Election Commission has launched a special voting campaign for senior citizens and specially abled voters. Under this campaign, representatives associated with the Election Commission will go door to door to get votes from those voters who have applied to vote from home.

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What is the whole process?

There are more than 1 lakh 9 thousand voters above 80 years of age in Delhi. All those voters have got a special option that they can cast their vote from home without going to the polling booth. About 6400 such applications were given that proper arrangements should be made for them to vote at home. Similarly, the number of specially abled voters across Delhi is around 80 thousand. Out of them, about one thousand voters expressed their wish that the Election Commission officials should get them to vote sitting at home. For that, one had to go to the Election Commission website and fill Form 12D by January 15.

Officials associated with the Election Commission will go to the homes of all the applicants who have filled the form for this facility and get the postal vote done and deposited in a sealed envelope. There are more than 1000 senior citizens in West Delhi who will vote in these assembly elections sitting at home. Similarly, the Election Commission will also provide this facility to maximum 244 specially abled voters in South West Delhi.

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