Tamil Nadu primary opposition party Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) has moved the Madras High Court challenging the notifications issued by the state government granting permission to voters above 80 years of age and differently abled to opt for postal ballots as suggested by the Election Commission of India (ECI). 

Senior Counsel P Wilson appeared for the DMK, told the court while seeking to stay the impugned notification, “Since the impugned rules do not prescribe any method of age verification, many voters are likely to claim themselves to be 65 years and for that matter 80 years of age and register for postal ballots thereby leading to large scale tampering of votes". Advocate also submitted that allowing such postal ballots will affect the secrecy of ballot which is a vital principle for ensuing free and fair elections. 

Lack of transparency and prohibition in identifying voters and their genuineness by the political parties during elections, over 15 per cent voters would skip the polling booths and political audit, he added. The division bench comprising Justice R Subbiah and Justice C Saravanan before whom the plea came on being told that a connected matter is coming up before the bench on January 7, adjourned the case to such date under the caption “For Admission.” 

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