The “Vote from Home” process for the elderly and disabled persons in Chamarajanagar Lok Sabha constituency will be held from April 13 to 18.
Deputy Commissioner of Chamarajanagar Shilpa Nag, who is also the election officer for Chamarajanagar (reserved) Lok Sabha constituency, held a meeting with assistant returning officers of all Assembly segments of the constituency and representatives of political parties on Friday and said arrangements will be made to facilitate the elderly voters aged above 85 years to “Vote from home”.
Pointing out that data about the elderly and disabled voters had already been collected and entered into ‘Electone’ software, Ms. Nag said there were a total of 26,019 voters, who were above 85 years, and 25,589 physically disabled persons in the Lok Sabha constituency comprising eight assembly segments. Out of them, 982 elderly voters and 455 disabled voters had opted for ‘Vote from home’. The remaining have preferred to come to the polling booth and cast their vote, she said.
