Absentee voters on essential services in Ernakulam can cast their postal votes at the designated centres from April 20 to 22.
Voters who have submitted Form 12 D to the nodal officer before April 1 can avail the facility. Mar Athanasius School at Kakkanad is the postal voting centre for those in the Ernakulam Lok Sabha constituency. St. Xavier’s College for Women, Aluva, is the centre for those under the Chalakudy Lok Sabha constituency, according to an official communication.
The votes can be registered at both the centres from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Those eligible to cast postal votes should bring a valid identity card. The facility of postal ballots has been extended to people who are unable to cast their votes because of service conditions. An absentee voter is someone who is employed in “essential services” notified by the Election Commission after consultation with the government.
