OUR CORRESPONDENT
POONCH: Ahead of their deployment for election duty in different Assembly segments of the district, 564 employees cast their votes through postal ballot for which the respective Returning Officers have setup facilitation centres.
The postal ballot voting is being held with effect from 27th to 29th of November, 2014 after which the deployment of staff for normal polling scheduled for 2nd December would begin.
Employees who are specifically assigned any official work in connection with elections on the day of poll and unable to vote at normal polling station had to apply for the postal ballot facility. These include police personnel, DEO/ROs/AROs and their Staff, Control Room Staff, Videographers/Staff of EEM Teams/ ZOs/SOs, Drivers/Cleaners etc.
As many as 111 employees cast their votes in Surankote, 235 in Mendhar and 218 in Poonch Haveli on the first day.