The Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) has fixed the last date for receipt of applications for postal ballot papers for bye-election to the Provincial Assembly of NWFP from constituency PF-75 Lakki Marwat-II as January 26.
This facility, under the law, has been extended only to the persons in government service, members of armed forces, holders of public offices, their wives and their children, who are registered voters and ordinarily reside with them provided they are stationed at a place other than the place in which their constituency is situated.
Persons detained in prison or held in other custody are also entitled to vote by postal ballot. The last date in this behalf for such polling personnel and police personnel as are posted at a polling station other than one at which they are entitled to cast their vote, has been fixed as February 1.
Persons who are appointed to act as Presiding Officers, Assistant Presiding Officers and Polling Officers and the Police Personnel are advised to apply for postal ballot by February 1 by the time their appointments as polling personnel are expected to have been finalised and the fact of their appointment indicated to them.
Applications for postal ballot should be made on the prescribed form with the Returning Officer of the constituency Assistant Election Commissioner, Tank. Application Forms for postal ballot can be obtained from the said Returning Officer.-PR
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