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Union of India - Section

Section 27G in Conduct of Elections Rules, 1961

27G. Assistance to illiterate or infirm electors.

(1)If a notified elector is unable through illiteracy, blindness or other physical infirmity to record his vote on a postal ballot paper and sign the declaration, he shall take the ballot paper together with the declaration and the covers received by him to an officer authorised under sub-rule (2) of rule 27-J and request the officer to record his vote and sign his declaration on his behalf.
(2)Such officer shall thereupon mark the ballot paper in accordance with the wishes of the elector in his presence, sign the declaration on his behalf and complete all the requirements to be made in this behalf.