In the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, State Election Commissioner K. K. Sharma today directed for effective coordination of different departments for ensuring successful implementation of postal ballot scheme in the ensuing elections to the local bodies. The SEC was addressing officers during a meeting to review the implementation of postal ballot scheme in the forthcoming District Development Council (DDC) elections, Panchayati and Municipal By-elections elections.<br />''<br />''The State Election Commission has put in place an appropriate mechanism for the successful implementation of the absentee voters postal ballot scheme. It was also given out that the concerned Kashmiri Migrants would have to approach the ARO (Migrants) for their registration and other related things for casting their postal votes. Similarly, in the service voters and those on COVID related duties would have to approach the concerned Returning Officer for casting postal votes. <br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Pertinently, the Absentee Voter Postal Ballot has been formulated for the persons/electors who are COVID-19 suspect or affected persons and are hospitalized or under institutional quarantine, certified by a competent authority. <br />''<br />''Besides, those who are COVID suspects or affected persons and are under home quarantine, Senior Citizens above the age of 80 years and electors with physical disability as already marked in the data base of the electoral rolls of the UT can avail this facility.</span><br />