The Election Commission has said, it would send Electronically Transmitted Postal Ballot System (ETPBS) to 1,17,581 service voters posted outside Maharashtra to exercise their franchise in the assembly elections in Maharashtra. The service voters comprise 1,14,496 male and 3,085 women voters. Service voters include members of armed forces, police forces of the states serving outside that state as well as persons employed under the Union government on posts outside the country.<br />''<span style="color: #222222;"><br />''The Election Commission official said, as per the EC mechanism, designated officials receive the ballots from the constituency, which is then downloaded after verification, the process involves use of a one-time password. Once the ballot is received, the voter casts the vote and returns the ballot in a sealed envelope to his seniors. He said, that all such postal ballots are delivered to respective Assembly segments to be opened on the day of counting. Through this system, service voters cast their vote on an electronically received postal ballot from anywhere outside their constituency.</span><br />