1.7L staff on poll duty cast votes in state

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1.7L staff on poll duty cast votes in state

Hyderabad: Nearly 1.7 lakh employees on poll duty in Telangana have cast their votes in Lok Sabha elections at voter facilitation centres, officials said on Thursday.
Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Vikas Raj said on Thursday that the process of voting by postal ballot has almost completed for most categories who are eligible to vote by postal ballots except service personnel.
A total of 2,64,043 employees on poll duty have applied for postal ballot and election duty certificate (EDC). While 2,29,072 employees opted for postal ballots, 34,973 employees opted for EDC.
The process of casting their vote through postal ballot is at an advanced stage, the CEO said.

A total of 1,75,994 employees cast their votes till May 8 and the process will continue till May 10. tnn

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