3,102 above 80 years opt for postal votes

Of the 36,689 senior citizen voters above the age of 80 in the district, 3,102 voters have opted to avail postal ballot facility by submitting Form 12 D, Collector V. Vishnu has said.

Speaking to reporters here on Thursday, he said 3,102 voters had received Form 12 D as they could not come to the polling station. After being approved by the Block Level Officer concerned, the postal ballot would be given to them at their doorstep and received immediately after the voters casting the votes. The Collector said three flying squads and as many static surveillance squads had been deployed in each Assembly segment to check the movement of banned articles, gifts and unaccounted cash that could be used to lure the voters. These teams had so far seized ₹ 60.73 lakh unaccounted cash.