AP Polls: CEO gives one opportunity for postal ballot voting for employees on duty

Vizianagaram: Andhra Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Mukesh Kumar Meena on Sunday said that the Election Commission will facilitate another opportunity to vote for employees on election duty who missed exercising their franchise.

During a visit to Vizianagaram to check voting facilities, the CEO noted that such employees will be given the opportunity on May 7 and 8.

"We are working with the goal to ensure that every employee discharging election duties will be offered the postal ballot facility," said Meena in a press release.

In the event of eligible employees not finding their names on the postal ballot list and also in case of not applying for this facility, Meena said they can still go ahead and include their name to vote by producing the election duty order and identity card at their relevant facilitation centres.

"Home voting and postal ballot voting for all will be completed by (the) 9th of this month (May)," the CEO told PTI.

Further, he highlighted that minimum facilities and helpdesks have been arranged at all facilitation centres.

Besides making all the necessary arrangements for conducting polls in the southern state, Meena observed that election staff have already undergone two rounds of training.

Moreover, he noted that cash, liquor and other inducements worth Rs 450 crore have been seized in the run-up to polls until now.

Elections for the 175-member Assembly and 25 Lok Sabha seats in Andhra Pradesh are scheduled on May 13.

Inputs from PTI