Expatriate Bangladeshis, government officials on election duty or posted outside their constituencies, and voters currently under lawful custody will be able to cast their ballots through an IT-supported postal voting system in the upcoming 13th national elections, the Election Commission (EC) announced in a notification issued Monday.
In the official announcement signed by Election Commission Director (Public Relations) Md Ruhul Amin Mallik, it was stated that during the upcoming 13th national elections, Bangladeshi citizens residing abroad, election officials on duty, government staff posted outside their home constituencies, and voters in legal custody will be allowed to cast their votes through IT-enabled postal ballots.
The EC has advised interested voters to visit www.ecs.gov.bd or follow the commission’s YouTube channel @BangladeshECS for detailed guidelines.
EC Secretariat Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed said this is the first time expatriate Bangladeshis will be able to cast votes through a postal system.
Those registering through the new “Postal Vote BD” app will be eligible to participate, he added.
“The app will be launched on November 16, when the registration window for expatriate voters will also open,” he said, noting that the initiative is part of the EC’s broader digital modernization efforts to make voting more inclusive and transparent.
