Central Government has amended the rules of Chartered Accountants (Election to the Council) Rules, 2006. Some of the important amendments highlighted here.
Option to Change Polling Booth in Same Region
A member, whose name is borne on the Register on the 1st day of April of the financial year in which the election to the Council is to take place and is entitled to vote by poll, shall be permitted to cast his vote for the candidates contesting from the regional constituency to which he belongs, at any polling booth of his choice within his Regional Constituency, provided an intimation to vote at a particular booth is received by the Returning Officer at least 14 days prior to the date of polling. (Rule 5)
Option to Change Polling Booth in Other Region
Returning Officer may, on an application from a voter eligible to vote by poll seeking permission to cast his vote at a polling booth beyond his regional constituency, received at least 3 weeks prior to the date of polling, permit him to vote, for the candidates contesting from the regional constituency to which he belongs, at a polling booth, in the city of his choice beyond such regional constituency, if there has been a change in his professional address published in the List of Voters or he is expected to be away from his professional address on the date of polling and all necessary arrangements therefore shall be made by the Returning Officer. (Rule 6, after sub-rule 2)