Calcuttans who are 80 years or older have the option to cast their vote at home with polling officials coming over for the exercise. Thousands of voters have availed themselves of the service during the fourth phase, while many more have applied for the same in the remaining four phases. Here is how the process of voting from home, introduced this year in Bengal, works. Advertisement Eligibility Anyone who is 80 or above and has his or her name on the electoral list is eligible to vote from home. Booth-level polling officers have to provide such persons with “Form 12D”, where they have to state that they want to vote from home.The officers have to take back the filled-in form within five days of the notification of election in that constituency.