Maha polls: 1.17 lakh service voters to use ETPBS system
The number of service voters who would get an electronically transmitted postal ballot ahead of the October 21 Maharashtra Assembly polls stood at over 1.17 lakh, the Election Commission said on Sunday.
Service voters include members of armed forces, police forces of the states serving outside that state as well as persons employed under the Union government on posts outside the country.
As per existing arrangements, members of Army, Navy and Air force, Border Road Organisation, BSF, ITBP, Assam Rifles, NSG, CRPF, CISF and SSB are eligible to be registered as service voters.
The EC on Sunday said it would send Electronically Transmitted Postal Ballot System (ETPBS) to 1,17,581 service voters posted outside Maharashtra, comprising 1,14,496 male and 3,085 women voters.
The system was first used successfully in an election in Puducherry in 2016, it said.
Satara had highest 12,658 ETPBS voters and Ahmedanagar stood second with 10,258, while Palghar made up the rear with ...