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Elections

(ETPBS) Electronically Transmitted Postal Ballot System

With the motto of “no voter to be left behind”, ECI’s ETPBS has empowered and ensured all eligible service electors with their constitutional power to vote while performing their duty for the nation. This system ensures that the postal ballot should be transmitted to the service voter with complete documents (form 13A, 13B, 13C, and postal ballot) in a secured way. The Electronically Transmitted Postal Ballot System (ETPBS) is developed by the Election Commission of India and implemented in line with the existing Postal Ballot System. Postal Ballot will be transmitted through Electronic means to the voters. It enables the voters to cast their vote on an electronically received postal ballot from their preferred location, which is outside their originally assigned voting constituency, and send back the marked postal ballot through the post. Here in ETPBS system this postal ballot is sent in two parts i.e., e-Postal Ballot and e-PB PIN. The e-Postal Ballot is sent to the Unit officer of the service officer which will be a password protected PDF. Similarly the e-PB PIN will be sent to the Record officer of the service voter. The Service voter has to collect e-PB and e-PB PIN from both officers, take print outs and follow the instructions to cast the vote. The e-PB needs to be sent on the provided address before the counting date by Post. Benefits of Service Voter Portal: Secured way to transmit the postal ballot to the service voter in a remote area End to end encryption with multiple secured feature to avoid the duplicate PB Multiple checks and validation to ensure the correct e-PB gets transmitted Facility to transmit the e-PB for AC and PC election.

Link to access the portal:https://etpbms.eci.gov.in/

With the motto of “no voter to be left behind”, ECI’s ETPBS has empowered and ensured all eligible service electors with their constitutional power to vote while performing their duty for the nation. This system ensures that the postal ballot should be transmitted to the service voter with complete documents (form 13A, 13B, 13C, and postal ballot) in a secured way.

The Electronically Transmitted Postal Ballot System (ETPBS) is developed by the Election Commission of India and implemented in line with the existing Postal Ballot System. Postal Ballot will be transmitted through Electronic means to the voters. It enables the voters to cast their vote on an electronically received postal ballot from their preferred location, which is outside their originally assigned voting constituency, and send back the marked postal ballot through the post.

Here in ETPBS system this postal ballot is sent in two parts i.e., e-Postal Ballot and e-PB PIN. The e-Postal Ballot is sent to the Unit officer of the service officer which will be a password protected PDF. Similarly the e-PB PIN will be sent to the Record officer of the service voter. The Service voter has to collect e-PB and e-PB PIN from both officers, take print outs and follow the instructions to cast the vote. The e-PB needs to be sent on the provided address before the counting date by Post.

Benefits of Service Voter Portal:

  • Secured way to transmit the postal ballot to the service voter in a remote area
  • End to end encryption with multiple secured feature to avoid the duplicate PB
  • Multiple checks and validation to ensure the correct e-PB gets transmitted
  • Facility to transmit the e-PB for AC and PC election.

Link to access the portal:https://etpbms.eci.gov.in/

Voters with disabilities(PwD)

The Commission is committed for building an equal access framework for Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) supported by the fundamentals of responsiveness, respect and dignity to enhance elector confidence among them; and support initiatives for improved service offerings and enhancing their electoral participation. Electors / Voters having one among the 21 disabilities as mentioned by the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016 are termed as voters with disabilities. As of now, PwD voters are enrolled in electoral roll in following four categories Visual impairment Speech & hearing disability Locomotor disability Other A PwD voter can register in any of the above categories by submitting Form 6 through online registration or submitting form at voter service centre or through Saksham ECI Application Initiatives by the Commission for PwDs The Commission has taken various interventions from time to time to facilitate the elections for persons with disabilities. Some of the initiatives taken are:- Mapping of all the Persons with Disabilities polling station wise All Polling Stations are to be situated on the ground floor PwD friendly facilities under AMF Separate Queue for PwDs Optional home voting facility Voter EPICS/Slips in Braille Braille Features on EVMs Wheel Chairs and Ramps with Proper Gradient Free Transport facility with Pick and Drop Facility

The Commission is committed for building an equal access framework for Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) supported by the fundamentals of responsiveness, respect and dignity to enhance elector confidence among them; and support initiatives for improved service offerings and enhancing their electoral participation.

Electors / Voters having one among the 21 disabilities as mentioned by the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016 are termed as voters with disabilities. As of now, PwD voters are enrolled in electoral roll in following four categories

  • Visual impairment
  • Speech & hearing disability
  • Locomotor disability
  • Other

A PwD voter can register in any of the above categories by submitting Form 6 through online registration or submitting form at voter service centre or through Saksham ECI Application

Initiatives by the Commission for PwDs

The Commission has taken various interventions from time to time to facilitate the elections for persons with disabilities. Some of the initiatives taken are:-

Voter Guide – Election (PDF 2 MB)

Voter Guide – Differently Abled and Senior Citizens  (PDF 6 MB)

Web site Address Description
https://officials.eci.gov.in/ ERONET for Officials
https://voters.eci.gov.in/ National Voters Service Portal
https://eci.gov.in Election Commission of India
http://ecisveep.nic.in/ SVEEP – Systematic Voters’ Education and Electoral Participation
http://ceoandhra.nic.in/ Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh