How do nris vote

Therefore, do not forget to bring your passport to the booth. Finally, will your party win the polls because of your vote? Maybe, or maybe not. But let it not be said that you did not try. Indian democracy will do well only when we learn to send the best candidate to represent us.

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But, how do you get NRI voting rights in the first place? For that, You should be an Indian and not the citizen of the foreign country where you live; that means you must possess a valid Indian passport You must be at least 18 years as on January 1st of the year in which the electoral roll is published Once you fulfil these conditions, you may register yourself as an overseas voter.

Submit your documents, including a recent passport-size coloured photograph, self-attested photocopies of relevant passport pages, address in India, and visa endorsement You will need to show your original passport for verification, but of course, remember to take it back Make your application Online registration Thanks to digitisation, the government has now made it possible for NRIs to register online for their Voter ID. For online registration as an overseas elector: Visit the ECI website Choose your state or union territory and go to the State Election Commission of India division Opt for Form 6A and download Print out your form Fill in your details Check that the details are the same as those mentioned in your documents and passport You can get Form 6A from your Indian Mission abroad.

The Booth Level Officer in every polling station can also give a blank Form 6A to your families here, who can send it to you. Scan the form you have filled as well as the documents required: One recent passport sized coloured photograph, duly affixed in Form 6A; self-attested photocopies of the relevant pages of the passport containing photograph, your address in India, all other particulars and also the page of your passport containing the valid visa endorsement.

In this regard, we would like to facilitate and encourage more NRIs to get their names registered on the electoral rolls. For proper acquaintance with the process and procedures, please visit the website of the Election Commission of India: www. The application can be presented in person before the ERO or sent by post addressed to the ERO concerned, as per following details:.

Form 6A is also available free of cost in the Mission and with the Authorised outsourcing agents. These photo-copies should be duly self-attested. Voting rights for NRIs were introduced only in , through an amendment to the Representation of the People Act Registration of NRI voters, in comparison, has been very low: a little over one lakh overseas Indians registered as voters in India, according to the EC.

According to the EC proposal, any NRI interested in voting through the postal ballot in an election will have to inform the Returning Officer RO not later than five days after the notification of the election. On receiving such information, the RO will dispatch the ballot paper electronically. The NRI voters will download the ballot paper, mark their preference on the printout and send it back along with a declaration attested by an officer appointed by the diplomatic or consular representative of India in the country where the NRI is resident.

A member committee was set up after the Lok Sabha elections to study mainly three options — voting by post, voting at an Indian mission abroad and online voting. It also shot down the proposal to vote at Indian missions abroad as they do not have adequate resources. Under proxy voting, a registered elector can delegate his voting power to a representative.

The Law Ministry accepted the recommendation on proxy voting. The Congress was not in favour of sending the postal ballot paper electronically. Interestingly, the MEA expressed strong reservations over attesting the declaration that NRI voters will have to send along with their marked ballot papers. What happened to the proposal to grant proxy voting rights to overseas electors?