Process of postal voting

1.   After the issue of the notification under section 11 which deals with transfer of name from one electoral area to another or a person who is appointed by Returning Officer for any duty in connection with an election at polling station soon after his/her appointment apply to the Returning Officer of the constituency in which he is an elector for a ballot paper for voting by postal ballot.

2.  Every such application shall specify the name of the elector, his address and his serial number in the electoral roll.

3. The Returning Officer shall immediately upon the receipt of an application by an elector send by post to such elector a ballot paper and an envelope bearing on its face a form of certificate of posting, showing the date thereof, to be filled in by the proper official of the Post Office at the time of posting by the elector.

4.  An elector on receiving his ballot paper for voting by postal ballot shall record his vote in the prescribed manner.

5.  After so recording, post the ballot paper to the Returning Officer in the envelope sent to him so as to reach the Returning Officer before the consolidation of results by him.