CEO informs on EDC, postal ballot

Since Nagaland has just one parliamentary constituency, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has decided that only Election Duty Certificate (EDC) would be issued in the state and postal ballot would not be used except for service voters. This was informed by Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Sentiyanger Imchen in a press release. The CEO said all officers and police personnel on polling duty and election related duty would be eligible for EDC. This included drivers attached to officers on poll related duty, videographers etc. besides the drivers and helpers of requisitioned vehicles would also be eligible.
The election officers in the districts have been briefed and necessary instructions issued in this regard, said the CEO. He also informed that those on election related duty and polling duty should apply to the respective ARO/DC of the district for issue of EDC in Form 12 A so that they could exercise their democratic right to vote. However, it is to be noted once an elector applied in Form 12 A for EDC and he/she failed to collect it, he/she would be unable to cast vote in his/her original polling booth since against his/her name in the marked copy of the E-Roll, the remark EDC issued would be entered. Moreover, with the EDC, EPIC or any supporting document approved by the ECI would have to be produced before the Presiding Officer allowed him/her to cast the vote.