MEA backs Election Commission’s proposal to offer proper to NRIs to vote remotely: Report

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The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has stated that it has no points with a proposal to offer voting proper to non-resident Indians (NRIs) from nation of their residence, a report in The Times of India stated.

The MEA has written to the Election Commission of India backing the central ballot physique’s proposal to permit NRIs to vote remotely. It stated that they are often given the fitting to vote by electronically-transmitted postal poll system (ETPBS).

It prompt that the ECI is the fitting physique to take a ultimate name and it ought to seek the advice of all stakeholders earlier than launching the power.

NRIs are at present not allowed to forged vote from nation of their residence. They can, nonetheless, forged their vote in particular person at their respective constituencies. They are required to supply passport in unique on the polling sales space to ascertain id. Voting rights for NRIs have been launched in 2011.

Notably, the ETPBS facility is already obtainable to service voters. This consists of members of Armed forces and para-military forces, authorities workers who’re serving overseas.

Earlier in November 2020, the ECI had despatched a proposal to the Law Ministry to allow NRIs to forged their votes from abroad.

According to the fee, it had acquired representations from the Indian diaspora looking for facility to forged vote from nation of their residence. They stated that travelling to India solely to forged vote is a ‘expensive affair’. They careworn {that a} mechanism needs to be put in place to allow them to participate within the democratic train.

According to a 2015 UN report, India’s diaspora is the most important on the planet at 16 million. However, there are only one.17 lakh NRIs registered voters.

 
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