There will be no option for NOTA. (AI Generated Image)
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State Bureau, Ranchi. There is no provision for NOTA in municipal elections. We will have to vote for some candidate or the other. Failure to do so will result in the vote being declared invalid.
Voters will be given a rubber stamp with arrows and crosses which will have to be placed against the name of the candidate for whom they wish to vote.
Besides, voters will also have to sign at the designated place. Illiterate voters will also be able to put their thumb impression. The State Election Commission has fixed the names of the candidates, the location and size of the election symbol in the ballot paper.
Let us tell you that the ballot paper of both Mayor, President and Ward Councilor will be different. Ballot papers for both the posts will be inserted in the same ballot box.
Blind voters will also be able to bring an assistant with them to the body elections. The age of such assistant should not be less than 18 years.
The assistant will assist him in voting. The State Election Commission has made this provision for the convenience of such voters.
If voters do not have photo identity card, they can vote by showing these documents.
Voters in civic elections will be identified through photo identity cards issued by the Election Commission of India. If a voter does not have a photo identity card, his identification can be done through 11 alternative documents prescribed by the Commission.
These include certified voter slip with photo issued by the electoral system, passport, driving license, service identity card with photo issued by state/central government public sector undertakings, local bodies or public limited companies to their employees, passbook with photo issued by bank/post office, PAN card, Aadhar card, National Population Register, job card with photo issued under MNREGA (G Ramji Yojana), health insurance scheme/smart card with photo, pension documents with photo.
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