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NEW DELHI: The government has extended the postal ballot facility to electors above 65 years of age and Covid-19 positive patients who are under home or institutional quarantine.
The changes have come about months before assembly elections in Bihar, which are likely to take place later this year.
According to a notification by the Law and Justice Ministry, the Centre after consulting the Election Commission of India (ECI) made rules to further amend the Conduction of Election Rules, 1961.
The notification said that in the rule 27A, clause (aa) of the Conduct of