Goemkarponn desk
PANAJI: In the upcoming State Assembly elections, the Persons with Disabilities (PwD), Covid infected people, and those above the age of 80 will be given the facility to vote from home. The Chief Electoral Officer has decided that the election officer will visit the concerned house with ballot boxes.
Election Commission of India – CEO Goa had convened a meeting with all Political Parties today to discuss various issues about the upcoming assembly elections.
“ECI is contemplating that Persons with Disabilities (PwD), Covid infected people and those above the age of 80 will be given facility to vote from home through ballot system wherein an ECI official will visit the place,” said Goa Forward V.P Durgadas Kamat, speaking to reporters after attending the meet
He further said that ECI, as per the guidelines, is trying to cap a limit of 1000 people per booth so that there is no rush during voting hours.
The representatives of the political parties also expressed happiness over ECI decision to launch an app called ‘Suvida’ which will be a one-stop application for applying permissions for holding rallies, corner meetings etc.
During the meeting, it was also decided that the revision of the electoral scroll will be done from November 1 to 30, 2021.
ECI-CEO also informed that he will be holding meetings with all political parties present in Goa every month to smooth the election issues and process.
Meanwhile, Legislative Assembly elections will likely be held in Goa in February 2022 to elect 40 members of the Goa Legislative Assembly. The term of the current assembly elected in 2017 will expire on March 15 2022.
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