These have come into force w.e.f. 22.9.2003. .
1. Service voters belonging to the Armed Forces and members belonging to a Force to which provisions of the Army Act applies, have been provided the facility to opt to vote either through proxy or through postal ballot papers.
2. Such service voters who opt to vote through proxy, have been categorised as “ classified
service voters” (CSVs).
service voters” (CSVs).
3. Proxy- The CSVs are required to appoint a person who is resident of the area covered by the constituency concerned, as his proxy. The proxy should be of atleast 18 years of age and shall not be disqualified for registration as an elector.
4. The appointment is to be made on Form 13F. Download.
5. An appointment once made will be valid for all future elections so long as the person making the appointment continues to be a service voter or till the appointment is revoked or the proxy dies. The CSV has option to revoke the appointment and appoint a new proxy for any reason. The revocation of appointment is to be done in the Form 13G.
6. The proxy will record the vote on behalf of the CSVs at the polling station to which the CSV is assigned, in the same manner as any other elector assigned to that polling station.
7. It may be noted that in the case of proxy, marking of the indelible ink under rule 37 will be done on the middle finger of the left hand of the proxy.
8. The proxy will be entitled to vote on behalf of the CSV in addition to the vote that he may cast in his own name if he is a registered elector in the Constituency, at the polling station to which he has been normally assigned. (Wonder if someone is already casting a pote (Proxy Vote) for us !!!0
Important- For using the facility of proxy voting at the next earliest election, intimation of appointment of proxy should reach the Returning Officer concerned by the last date for making nomination at that election.
Action by the Returning Officer
9. On receipt of intimation of appointment of proxy by a CSV, the Returning Officers are
required to mark the letters ‘CSV’ against the name of the service voter in the last part of the electoral roll to indicate that the elector has appointed a proxy to cast vote on his behalf.
9. On receipt of intimation of appointment of proxy by a CSV, the Returning Officers are
required to mark the letters ‘CSV’ against the name of the service voter in the last part of the electoral roll to indicate that the elector has appointed a proxy to cast vote on his behalf.
The Returning Officer is also required to maintain a separate list of CSVs and their proxies with their complete addresses in the form and manner specified by the Commission.
After the last date for making nominations, the Returning Officers are to prepare polling station-wise sub-lists of all CSVs and their proxies. These sub-lists are to be added at the end of the part of the electoral roll pertaining to the polling station concerned and the part of the electoral roll alongwith the sub-list will be the marked copy of the electoral roll for that polling station.
Authority
Nirvachan Sadan, Ashoka Road, New Delhi .
No. 3/1/2003/JS-II Dated:- 23rd September, 2003.
To The Chief Electoral Officers of all States and Union Territories.
No. 3/1/2003/JS-II Dated:- 23rd September, 2003.
To The Chief Electoral Officers of all States and Union Territories.
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