SC Suggests E-Voting Facility for Defence Forces in Remote Areas
Many defence and paramilitary personnel can’t exercise their right to vote due to being posted in border areas
Many defence and paramilitary personnel posted in far-flung and border areas are not able to exercise their right to vote. It prompted the Supreme Court to ask the Centre, on Tuesday, to explore ways, including e-voting facility, to enable them to cast their ballot, reports The Times of India.
A bench of Justices Ranjan Gogoi, Arun Mishra and Prafulla C Pant directed the Centre to come out with “concrete suggestions” within three months on how to improve the existing system of postal ballot available with defence personnel and whether e-voting could be introduced to them.
Holding that defence personnel cannot be deprived of their right to vote, the apex court said there were inherent deficiencies in the present system, leading to a denial of opportunity to participate in the election process.
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