Non-Residential Indians have, until now, been
missing out on the opportunity of voting for their representatives in the
elections held in India. However, according to the new ‘one-way electronic
postal ballot system’, votes can be casted through a semi-electronic procedure
that doesn’t require the caster being physically present at the election.
It
is said that this technique will be first implemented in the Bihar elections
which will be held by the end of this year after the amendment of the
Representation of People’s Act (RPA), 1951. The process of voting via the
‘One-way electronic postal ballot system’ states that a password to unlock a
ballot paper will be sent to the email of the NRI voter, the voter will then
mark against their choice of candidate and will send the ballot via mail.
While
the poll panel is still working on making the process more efficient, it seems
that Bihar will be the first state to have this new voting technique introduced
in its upcoming elections.
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