Statesman News Service
MALDA, Feb. 22: The Malda district magistrate, Mr Sridhar Ghosh, today held a meeting with the officials of the Border Security Force to discuss proxy voting.
Mr Ghosh explained the system of service and proxy voting as a part of the preparation for the forthcoming parliamentary poll.
The election commission has directed election officials to follow specific methodology in the wake of grievance expressed by the service voters over non-receipt of postal ballots. As per the allegation, the postal ballots in most cases reach the returning officers after the counting is over.
The district magistrate said that the BSF jawans engaged in duty and unable to cast vote themselves would be empowered to authorize others to cast proxy votes on their behalf.
The state chief electoral officer, Mr Debasish Sen, has directed all the district magistrates to hold election co-ordination meetings on a daily basis with all officers at district, subdivisions and block levels to sort out matters promptly.
The CEO also directed the district magistrates to ensure that the electoral photo identity cards hitherto undistributed are provided to all concerned by 28 February. The CEO also directed them to arrange suitable distribution programmes so that electors individually are intimated to collect their cards by 28 February.
The commission instructed the district officials to guarantee providing cards to all concerned latest by 7 March. The returning officers have been asked to complete database on polling personnel by 28 February and to inform the matter to CEO office.
The district magistrates have also been asked to set up control rooms in the district head quarters to monitor complaints on violations of Model Code of Conduct once it comes into force.
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