ECP Fixes Feb 20, Last Date For Submission Of Application For Punjab, Sindh By-elections

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has fixed February 20, 2018 as the last date for receipt of application for postal ballot papers for bye-election of the Provincial Assemblies Punjab and Sindh from constituencies PP-30 Sargodha-III and PS-7 Ghotki-III.

ISLAMABAD,  (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 24th Jan, 2018) : The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has fixed February 20, 2018 as the last date for receipt of application for postal ballot papers for bye-election of the Provincial Assemblies Punjab and Sindh from Constituencies PP-30 Sargodha-III and PS-7 Ghotki-III. This facility, under the law, has been extended to the persons in government service, members of Armed Forces, holders of public offices, their wives and such of their children as 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 with any physical disability who are unable to travel and hold National Database and Registration Authority.

Persons who are detained in prison or held in 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 25th February, 2018.

Persons who are appointed to act as Presiding Officers, Assistant Presiding Officers and polling Officers and the Police Personnel who are assigned duties at the polling stations, are advised to apply for postal ballot by the 25th February, 2018 by the time their appointments as polling personnel are expected to have been finalized and the fact of their appointment indicated to them. Applications for postal ballot should be made on the prescribed Form with the Returning Officer concerned of the constituency.

Application Forms for postal ballot can be obtained from the said Returning Officer. The voters to whom postal ballots are issued will not be entitled to vote in person at the polling stations. The application should be forwarded/ endorsed by the office/ department of the voter concerned to guard against unauthorized person applying for postal ballot.