A total of 100 prisoners exercised their right to vote through postal ballots at Jashore Central Jail, marking the first time in history that inmates have been allowed to participate in the electoral process.
According to jail sources, 129 prisoners completed online registration to vote between the first week of December and December 31.
The postal voting process began on Tuesday and continued until Saturday, with the last batch of 100 inmates casting their votes.
The Election Commission sent separate envelopes to each registered voter containing ballot papers, instructions for casting votes, and designated spaces for signatures.
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Prisoners marked their ballots after being informed about the candidates and sealed them.
Voting was conducted privately at designated areas within the jail, after which the sealed envelopes were submitted to jail authorities.
Jashore Central Jail officer Abid Hasan said out of the registered inmates, 100 have cast their votes and the ballot papers have been sent for further processing according to the rules.