Days ahead of the Maharashtra Assembly Elections, the Election Commission of India (ECI) vote-from-home facility across the state, including Mumbai.
This facility is available to the senior citizens who have submitted the 12D form.
The ECI launched the initiative to not only increase the voting percentage but also allow senior citizens and disabled persons to participate in the festival of democracy, who are not able to present at the polling stations.
As per EC's Mumbai office, 268 senior citizens who are more than 85-years old and 10 disabled voters have cast their vote so far in city’s high profile Malabar Hill assembly.
Malabar Hill is one of the constituencies in Maharashtra which has a lower voter turnout.
Additionally, the Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar has expressed concern over urban apathy of voters, including areas like Colaba in south Mumbai.
The commission recently also held a special initiative for citizens of Colaba to encourage them to exercise their right to vote.
The EC has decided to install polling booths in residential high-rises for the convenience of the citizens. This will help to increase the voter turnout. This assembly elections, 1,185 polling stations will be installed in residential high-rises and complexes.
For the unversed, the vote-from-home facility will be available till November 16. The voting for the 288 assemblies in Maharashtra will be held on Wednesday, November 20 and results will be declared on November 23.
There are a total of 2,137 senior citizen voters above 85 years of age and 219 disabled voters in 10 constituencies of Mumbai city district.
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