3. I. NOTIFICATION
II. NOMINATION
III. SCRUTINY AND ALLOTMENT OF SYMBOLS
IV. BALLOT PAPERS
V. COMMISSIONING OF E.V.M
VI. ARRANGEMENTS FOR POLL
VII. CONDUCT OF POLL
VIII. COUNTING OF VOTES
IX. A/C OF ELECTION EXPENSES
ELECTION PROCEDURES (PUT IT INTO NUTSHELL)
4. AMENDMENTS
As amended in the Conduct of Election Amendment)Rules,
2013, after rule 49Athe proviso is added that a printer with a
drop box of such design as approved by the ECI, may be
attached to a voting machine for printing a paper trail of the
vote, in such constituency or Constituencies or part thereof
as the ECI may direct. This instrument is known as the
Voters Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT)
5. After the panel containing the name and particulars of the last
candidate on the ballot paper for Postal Ballot, EVM Ballot as well as
Tender and Braille ballot, there shall be a panel below the last panel
with the words „None of the Above‟ written therein, for the benefit of
those electors who may wish to exercise the option of not voting for
any of the candidates in the fray. Those words shall be written in the
same language or languages as used in case of names of
candidates. The size of the panel shall be the same as in the case of
the candidates.
N O T A
7. ALTERNATIVE DOCUMENTS
Now, therefore, after taking into account all
relevant factors and the legal and
factual position, the Election Commission hereby
directs that all electors in each of the 60
Assembly Constituencies, in Manipur, for the
general election notified on 4th January,
2012, shall produce their EPIC for establishing
their identity before casting their votes.
Electors who do not have EPIC shall have to
produce any of the following alternative
photo documents for establishing their identity
8. ALTERNATIVE DOCUMENTS
(i) Passport,
(ii) Driving Licence,
(iii) Income Tax Identity ( PAN ) Card,
(iv) Service Identity Cards having photograph,
issued to its employees by
State/Central Government, Public Sector
Undertakings, Local
Bodies or Public Limited Companies,
(v) Passbook with Photograph issued by
Public Sector Banks/Post Office and
Kisan Passbook (Accounts opened on or
before 31-12-2011),
9. ALTERNATIVE DOCUMENTS
(vi) SC/ST/OBC certificate issued by competent authority
with photograph
issued on or 31-12-2011,
(vii)Pension Documents such as ex-servicemen‟s
Pension Book/Pension
Payment Order, ex-servicemen‟s Widow/Dependent
Certificates, Old Age
Pension Order, Widow Pension Order with photograph
(issued
on or before 31-12-2011),
(viii) Freedom Fighter Identity Card with photograph.
(ix) Arms Licenses with photograph, issued on or before
31-12-2011
10. ALTERNATIVE DOCUMENTS
(x) Certificate of Physical Handicap with photograph
issued by the
Competent Authority on or before 31-12-2011,
(xi) Health Insurance Scheme Smart Card with
photograph (Ministry of
Labour‟s Scheme) issued up to 31-12-2011,
(xii) Property Document with Photograph such as pattas,
Registered
Deeds, etc.
(xiii) Job Cards with photograph under the National Rural
Employment
Guarantee Scheme issued on or before 31-12- 2011,
(xiv) Authenticated „Photo Voter Slip‟ issued by Election
Machinery
11. a. Constitution of India
b. Representation of Peoples Act, 1950
c. Representation of Peoples Act, 1951
d. Conduct of Election Rules, 1961
e. Election Symbols
(Reservation and allotment) order 1968
f. Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly
Constituencies Order
g. Indian Penal Code 1860
HOLY BOOKS OF ELECTION
12. Article 324 (1) - The superintendence, direction and control of the preparation of
the electoral rolls for, and the conduct of, all elections to Parliament and to the
Legislature of every State and of elections to the offices of President and Vice-
President held under this Constitution shall be vested in the Election Commission.
Article 324 (2) – The Election Commission shall consist of the Chief Election
Commissioner and such number of other Election Commissioners, if any, as the
President may from time to time fix and the appointment of the Chief Election
Commissioner and other Election Commissioners shall, subject to the provisions
of any law made in that behalf by Parliament, be made by the President.
Article 324 (3) – When any other Election Commissioner is so appointed the Chief
Election Commissioner shall act as the Chairman of the Election Commission.
13. Representation of the People
Act, 1951
• 26. Appointment of presiding officers for
polling stations.—(1) The district election
officer shall appoint a presiding officer for
each polling station and such polling
officer or officers as he thinks necessary,
but he shall not appoint any person who
has been employed by or on behalf of, or
has been otherwise working for, a
candidate in or about the election
14. [Provided further that nothing in this sub-
section shall prevent the [district election
officer] from appointing the same person to
be the presiding officer for more than one
polling station in the same premises.]
26(2) A polling officer shall, if so directed by
the presiding officer, perform all or any of the
functions of a presiding officer under this Act
or any rules or orders made there under.
15. ABSENCE OF A PRESIDING OFFICER
• 26(3) If the presiding officer, owing to
illness or other unavoidable cause, is
obliged to absent himself from the polling
station, his functions shall be performed
by such polling officer as has been
previously authorized by the [district
election officer] to perform such functions
during any such absence
16. 27. General duty of the
presiding officer.
• It shall be the general duty of
the presiding officer at a
polling station to keep order
thereat and to see that the poll
is fairly taken.
17. 28. Duties of a Polling Officer
• It shall be the duty of the Polling Officers
at a polling station to assist the Presiding
Officer for such station in the performance
of his function.
18. 28A. Returning officer, presiding officer, etc., deemed to be
on deputation to Election Commission
• . —The returning officer, assistant returning officer,
presiding officer, polling officer, and any other officer
appointed under this Part, and any police officer
designated for the time being by the State Government,
for the conduct of any election shall be deemed to be
on deputation to the Election Commission for the
period commencing on and from the date of the
notification calling for such election and ending with
the date of declaration of the results of such election
and accordingly, such officers shall, during that period,
be subject to the control, superintendence and discipline
of the Election Commission.
19. 134. Breaches of official duty in
connection with election
• 1) If any person to whom this section
applies is without reasonable cause guilty
of any act or omission in breach of his
official duty, he shall be punishable with
fine which may extend to five hundred
rupees.
• (1A) An offence punishable under sub-
section (1) shall be cognizable.]
20. II. ON THE DAY PREVIOUS TO POLL
III. BEFORE COMMENCEMENT OF POLL
IV DURING THE POLL
2. DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF POLLING OFFICIALS
1. ATTEND TRAINING CLASSES,BE AWARE ABOUT
ELECTION ACT AND RULES,NOTIFICATIONS ETC.
V. END OF THE POLL
22. Clarify
your
doubts
2. DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF POs
TO KNOW
ABOUT ELECTION PROCEDURES
You must not miss any of the training classes,
lest you should find yourself groping in the dark
for the various important instructions
Attend
all rehearsal
and
Training
Classes
23. 1.EARLY Arrival at the Distribution Centre
2. Identification of polling station
3. Familiarizing the Polling Team
4. Itinerary to and from the PS
5. Collection of Polling Materials.
2. DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF POs
II. ON THE DAY PREVIOUS TO POLL
24. NOT 4 A QUIZ
• BUT ONLY 4 YOUR SAKE,
• AFTER THIS CLASS,ANSWER A
QUESTENNAIRE OF 20
27. CHECKING OF E V M
• VERIFY No. and NAME OF P S ON
ADDRESS TAG
• Cand. Set section of CU is duly sealed
• COMPARE THE MACHINE NUMBER ON
METAL LABEL AND STICKER.,
• P S No. INDICATED ON STICKER AND
ADDRESS TAG.
• Check battery power by put to ON
switch, after that put OFF .
28. Ballot Unit
• If candidates is 2 to 15 One BU is Needed.
• Slide switch set by RO at position 1 .
• Ballot paper fixed on BU properly alligned.
• BU is duly sealed & secured in 2 places.
30. 1.Marked copy of PHOTO Electoral roll
2.Register of Voters (17 A)
3.Voters Slip
4.Indelible ink
5.Tendered Ballot paper
6.Arrow cross mark
7.Self inking pad
8.Metal seal
9.Copy of specimen signature of
candidate / Election agent
MOST IMPORTANT POLLING MATERIALS
31. 17. P.Os. REPORT TO OBSERVER
10.Paper seal
11.Strip Seal
14.Presiding Officer’s Diary
15.Sample of EVM Balloting Unit
16.DECLARATIONBY THE PRESIDING OFFICER
13.Address tag
12.Special tag
MOST IMPORTANT POLLING MATERIALS
32. A detailed list of
polling materials
incorporated in
Annexure V
of Presiding Officers
Hand Book.
33. Marked copy of Electoral Roll
• Marked and for Marking ,it is called
Marked Copy.
• Marked with ―DELETED‖ ,’‖PB‖’ ,‖‖CSV’’
Not Contain any other Marks or Remarks.
(1st Polling Officer put Diagonal mark on the
entry of elector’s colomn,put circle on sl.no.
of women electors.)
34. Verify Electoral Rolls
• 2 Working copies + 1 Marked copy are
identical and complete in all respets
• Marked copy have a certificate of ARO.
• Pages start with 1 in all copies.
• Any Correction ,Deletion, Omission same
in all copies.
• Duly signed by ERO/AERO
• Printed serial No. of voter is not corrected.
35. 6. ARRANGEMENT OF POLLING STATION
a. Set up of PS (Slogans / Photo etc
should be covered or removed)
b. Set up of Voting Compartment
c. Display of Notices.
II. ON THE DAY PREVIOUS TO POLL
GENERAL DUTIES OF POLLING OFFICERS
36. Setting Up Of P.Ss
• Separate Q for Men and women
• Separate Entry and Exit for voters
• Space for Polling Agents
• Overall vision posibble from P.Os Table
• CU-BU interconnecting cable 5 m length does
not obstruct the movement of voters
• Voting Compartment must be away from polling
personnels and polling agents , and not placed
near window or door
37.
38. 1. ASSIGNMENT OF DUTIES TO POLLING OFFICERS
2. Appointment of Polling Agents
3. Preparation of EVM
4. Mock Poll
5. Sealing of EVM
III. 1 hour -BEFORE COMMENCEMENT OF POLL
Duties of Presiding Officers
39. 1. Assignment of Duties to Polling Officers
1st POLLING OFFICER
2nd POLLING OFFICER
3rd POLLING OFFICER
40. Duties of 1st Polling Officer
In charge of marked copy
Verification of the identity of Electors
Read out (loudly) serial No. and
Name of the voter in the electoral roll
Minor errors in the EPIC and Electoral
roll may be
ignored and over looked.
41. DUTIES 1ST POLLING OFFICER
PB
Marking in the Photo Electoral Roll
FOR WOMEN VOTERS
42. Issuance of Voters slip
First ---Apply indelible ink
(get enough time to dry the ink)
From the upper tip of the nail to the
bottom of the 1st joint on the left forefinger
Chapter 19 of P.O.s HB
DUTIES OF 2nd POLLING OFFICER
Fill up the form
17A (Register of
Voters)
1.sl.no.
2.sl.no in electoral
roll
3.sign./Thumb
4.Remarks-last 4
digits of epic no.
43. These duties can be performed by the presiding Officer,
where the number of Electors is small.
DUTIES OF 3rd POLLING OFFICER
Ensuring indelible ink mark on finger and
check the sl.no. of voter‘s slip-
Allow voting by
Activating the Balloting Unit by clicking
Ballot button of Control Unit
44. 2. Appointment of Election Agents
III. BEFORE COMMENCEMENT OF POLL
RP Act 46. Appointment of Polling Agents; A
contesting candidate or his election agent may
appoint in the prescribed manner such number
of agents and relief agents as may be
prescribed to act as polling agents of such
candidate at each polling station provided
under section 25 or at the place fixed under
sub-section (1) of section 29 for the poll.
DUTIES OF POLLING OFFICERS
45. Verify Appointment letter in Form No.10
Cancellation of a P.A.by candidate or his election agent
Compare specimen signature of P.A.
Issue Pass for polling agents
2.APPOINTMENT OF POLLING AGENTS
48. Revocation of the appointment or death of a polling agent or counting agent.—
(1) Any revocation of the appointment of a polling agent shall be signed by the
candidate or his election agent and shall operate from the date on which it is lodged
with such officer as may be prescribed, and in the event of such a revocation or of
the death of a polling agent before the close of the poll, the candidate or his election
agent may appoint in the prescribed manner another polling agent at any time
before the poll is closed and shall forthwith give notice of such appointment in the
prescribed manner to such officer as may be prescribed.
BEFORE COMMENCEMENT OF POLL
46. Seating Pattern of polling agents
1. Candidates recognized by the National Parties
2. Candidates recognized by the State Parties
3. Candidates recognized by State Parties of other
States who have been permitted to use their
reserved symbols in the constituency.
4. Candidates of registered unrecognized parties
5. Independent candidates
2.Appointment of Polling Agents
50. • EVM IS ON
• ECI
• DTE 16-01-07
• TME 09-43-34
• SLNO-H00003
• CANDIDATES
• 10
• BATTERY
• HIGH
Display section of the
Control Unit will grow
GREEN and the
following display will
appear turn by turn on
the Display Panel:-
52. 4. Mock Poll
III. BEFORE COMMENCEMENT OF POLL
IF THERE IS NO MOCK POLL
AT A P.S.,THERE SHALL BE
NO POLL AT THAT P.S.
53. MOCK POLL -- 1
Set to
zero (0)
By press ―clear‖
button
Press ―Ballot‖ button.
Busy lamp in the
display section will glow
RED Simultaneously,
the ready lamp in the
balloting unit will also
start glowing GREEN
54. Ask
any polling agent
to press any of the
candidate‘s blue button
on the balloting
unit
MOCK POLL -- 2
64. Election To: (Lok Sabha or Legislative
Assembly)
From: (No. and Name of)
Constituency
Control Unit/ Balloting Unit No.: (ID number)
Serial No. & Name of
Polling Station Where Used ……..…….… …
Date of Poll:………………………………………
Closing and
Sealing of
outer cover of
result section
Attach
address tag
SEALING OF EVM
75. 1.Commencement of poll
IV. DURING THE POLL
4. Other important functions
2. Admission into the Polling Station
3. Enforcement of Election Law
76. WARNING ABOUT SECRECY OF VOTING
128. Maintenance of Secrecy of voting.—(1) Every officer, clerk, agent or
other person who performs any duty in connection with the recording or
counting of votes at an election shall maintain, and aid in maintaining, the
secrecy of the voting and shall not (except for some purpose authorised
by or under any law) communicate to any person any information
calculated to violate such secrecy:
[Provided that the provisions of this sub-section shall not apply to such
officer, clerk, agent or other person who performs any such duty at an
election to fill a seat or seats in the Council of States.].
(2) Any person who contravenes the provisions of sub-section (1) shall be
punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three
months or with fine or with both.
a.
1.COMMENCEMENT OF POLL
77. c. Declaration by the Presiding Officer
b. At the stroke of the hour fixed
a. Warning about secrecy of voting
d. Precautions about indelible ink
e. Maintenance of register of voters in form No.17 A
f. Maintenance of PO‘s Diary
g. Maintenance of visitors sheet
h. Entry of voters to PS to be regulated
IV. DURING THE POLL
1.Commencement of poll
78. Separate
Queues
for
men and
women
Infirm/
Women voters
with babies
in arms
may be given
precedence
DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF POLLING OFFICERS
2. DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF POs
h. Entry of voters to PS to be regulated
IV. DURING THE POLL 1.Commencement of poll
79. DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF POLLING OFFICERS
2. Admission into the Polling Station
IV. DURING THE POLL
80. 1.The electors
2.The Polling Officials
3.Each candidate, his election agent and one polling
agent of each candidate at a time
4.Persons authorized by the Election Commission
5.Public Servants on duty
6.Child in arms accompanying an elector
7.A person accompanying a blind or an infirm voter
8.Identifying officers
DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF POLLING OFFICERS
2. Admission into the Polling Station
81. 1.Commencement of poll
DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF POLLING OFFICERS
4. Other important functions
2. Admission into the Polling Station
3. Enforcement of Election Law
IV. DURING THE POLL
82. a. Declaration of Elector about his age
Obtain
declaration
as in annexure X
Inform the
penal provision in
section 31 of the R.P.Act
Imprisonment for one year or fine or both
DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF POLLING OFFICERS
2. DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF POs
3. Enforcement of Election Law
83. b. Maintenance of secrecy
Violation of maintenance of secrecy is
punishable with imprisonment which may
extend to three months or fine or with both
as per section128 of the
Representation of People Act , 1951.
DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF POLLING OFFICERS
2. DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF POs
3. Enforcement of Election Law
84. c. Prohibition of canvassing in or near PS
Canvassing of Votes
Soliciting the vote of any elector
Persuading any elector not to vote for
any particular candidate
DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF POLLING OFFICERS
2. DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF POs
3. Enforcement of Election Law
85. c. Prohibition of canvassing in or near PS
Persuading any elector not to vote at
the election
Exhibiting any notice or sign relating to
the election
--are punishable under section
130 of the RP Act.
DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF POLLING OFFICERS
2. DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF POs
3. Enforcement of Election Law
86. d. Other offences
Disorderly conduct in or near PS (section 131)
Misconduct at the PS (section 132)
Failure to observe procedure for voting (section 132 A)
Illegal hiring or procuring of conveyance (section 133)
Breaches of Election duty (section 134)
Going armed to or near PS (section 134 B)
Booth capturing (section 135 A)
DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF POLLING OFFICERS
2. DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF POs
3. Enforcement of Election Law
87. Smoking to be prohibited inside the PS
Polling agents are not permitted to bring mobile phones
inside the PS
Photography prohibited inside the PS
Wearing of badges/emblem etc bearing the names of
candidate Political leaders or Symbols etc are prohibited.
Impersonation is punishable under the Indian Penal Code
d. Other offences
DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF POLLING OFFICERS
2. DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF POs
3. Enforcement of Election Law
88. 1.Commencement of poll
DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF POLLING OFFICERS
2. DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF POs
IV. DURING THE POLL
4. Other important functions
2. Admission into the Polling Station
3. Enforcement of Election Law
89. PO‘s entry in Voting Compartment during Poll
Voting of blind and infirm voters
Adjournment or stoppage of Poll
Tendered Vote
DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF POLLING OFFICERS
2. DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF POs
4. Other important functions
91. Refusal to observe voting procedure
Withdraw
and cancel
voters slip
Inscribe the fact
in Register
of Voters
Put signature
below the
entry in the
remarks column
Never change the Sl.No in 17 A
DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF POLLING OFFICERS
2. DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF POs
4. Other important functions
92. Electors deciding not to vote
Never change the Sl.No in 17 A
Shall not
Compell to cast
his vote
Inscribe
“Refused to Vote”
in remarks
column of register
of voters (17 A)
Signature
Or thumb
impression
of the elector
against the
entry
DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF POLLING OFFICERS
2. DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF POs
4. Other important functions
93. USE OF NEW VOTING MACHINE
Read out
a further
Declaration
in part II of Annexure VII
DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF POLLING OFFICERS
2. DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF POs
4. Other important functions
94. DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF POLLING OFFICERS
2. DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF POs
4. Other important functions
VOTER ASSISTANCE BOOTH
CANDIDATE‘S ELECTION BOOTH
NRI VOTER
VOTING BY PROXY (CSV)
95. DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF POLLING OFFICERS
2. DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF POs
4. Other important functions
VOTING
BY
PROXY
(CSV)
Must be a resident of the constituency concerned
Should have at least 18 years of age
Shall not be disqualified for regn. as an elector
Indelible ink – on the middle finger
The letters ―PV‖ should be suffixed in 17 A
96. REFERRAL IMAGE SHEET
DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF POLLING OFFICERS
2. DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF POs
4. Other important functions
97. I. ACQUAINT THROUGH KNOWLEDGE
ABOUT ELECTION PROCEDURES
II. ON THE DAY PREVIOUS TO POLL
III. BEFORE COMMENCEMENT OF POLL
IV. DURING THE POLL
V. END OF THE POLL
DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF POLLING OFFICERS
2. DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF POs
98. Announce
the fact a
few minutes
before the
hour
appointed
CLOSING HOUR
Permit
Electors
present
at the
PS at the
hour
appointed
Distribute
slip
with
signature
in full.
DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF POLLING OFFICERS
2. DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF POs
99. Press ―close‖
button of CU
Show the
―total‖
in the CU and
record in 17 C
CLOSING OF EVM
DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF POLLING OFFICERS
2. DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF POs
100. Supply
attested
copies
of 17 C to
Polling
Agents
Closing of
Voters
Register
(17 A)
CLOSING OF EVM
DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF POLLING OFFICERS
2. DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF POs
101. DECLARATION
AT THE END
OF THE POLL
DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF POLLING OFFICERS
2. DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF POs
V. END OF THE POLL
102. DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF POLLING OFFICERS
2. DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF POs
V. END OF THE POLL
Place the
Control Unit
and Balloting
Unit in their
carrying
cases, close
and
seal with the
Address tag
104. SEALING OF ELECTION PAPERS
1. Cover
containing
17 C
2. Cover
containing
Declaration
of PO
3. Cover
containing
PO‘s Diary
and 16 Point
Report
(The above covers should be sent separately along
with the EVM to the receiving centre)
DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF POLLING OFFICERS
2. DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF POs
105. Packet No. I
Statutory Covers
Packet No.II
Non-Statutory Covers
Packet No.III
Packet No.IV.
SEALING OF ELECTION PAPERS
DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF POLLING OFFICERS
2. DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF POs
106. PACKET No. I
(Should be super scribed as “Statutory Covers”)
1. Sealed Cover containing marked copy of
electoral roll and List of CSVs
2. Sealed cover containing the Register of Voters (17 A)
3. Sealed Cover containing voters slips
4. Sealed Cover containing unused tendered ballot papers
5. Sealed Cover containing used tendered ballot papers
and the list in Form No.17 B
If any cover mentioned above is nil, a NIL cover should be placed.
SEALING OF ELECTION PAPERS
DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF POLLING OFFICERS
2. DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF POs
107. PACKET No.II
(Should be superscribed as “Non-Statutory Covers”)
1. Copies of Electoral Roll other than marked copy
2. Appointment letters of Polling Agents in Form 10.
3. List of blind and infirm electors in Form 14 A and the
declaration of the companion.
4. Declaration obtained from electors as to their age
and list of such electors (Annexure XI)
5. Receipt book and cash, if any, in respect of
Challenged votes
SEALING OF ELECTION PAPERS
DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF POLLING OFFICERS
2. DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF POs
108. 6. Unused and damaged paper seals
7. Unused voters slips
8. Unused and damaged strip seal
10. List of challenged votes in Form 14 (Sealed Cover)
9. Unused and damaged special tags
PACKET No.II
SEALING OF ELECTION PAPERS
DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF POLLING OFFICERS
2. DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF POs
(Should be super scribed as “Non-Statutory Covers”)
109. 1. Hand book for PO
2. Manual of EVM
3. Indelible ink set without leakage
5. Metal seal of the PO
4. Self inking pad
6. Arrow cross mark
7. Cup of setting indelible ink.
PACKET No.III
SEALING OF ELECTION PAPERS
DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF POLLING OFFICERS
2. DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF POs
110. All other items such as
Voting compartment,
Waste paper basket,
Polythene bag, etc…..
PACKET No.IV
SEALING OF ELECTION PAPERS
DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF POLLING OFFICERS
2. DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF POs
111. POINTS TO BE REMEMBERED
Read Hand Book, Manual and instructions
Percentage of polling shall be informed
Ensure free and fair Election
Maintain close relation with the members
of your polling team
Maintain good relation with the polling agents
112. POINTS TO BE REMEMBERED
Commence the poll at the appointed hour
Formally announce the close of poll after
the last elector has voted
Take personal responsibility to hand over
the EVM and election papers.
Start mock poll at least one hour before the
hour fixed for the commencement of poll
113. 1. ACQUAINT RULES AND PROCEDURES
DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF
POLLING OFFICERS
2. ON THE DAY PREVIOUS TO POLL
3. BEFORE THE POLL
4. DURIBG THE POLL 5. At the end of the poll
114. Q. 11 Who is a Classified Service Voter?
Ans. Service voter belonging to Ar
med Forces or forces to which provisions
of Army Act,
1950 are applicable, has 0ption of either
voting through postal ballot or through a
proxy
voter duly appointed by him. A service
voter who opts
for
voting through a proxy is
called Classified Service
Voter (CSV)
115. Q.12 Who is a ‘ proxy ’ ?
Ans. A service voter may appoint (by
applying to Returning Officer in Form 13 F
of
Conduct of Election
s
Rules, 1961
–
Form available at the website of Election
Commission) any person as his / her proxy
to give vote on his / her behalf and in his /
her name at the polling station. The proxy
shall have to be ordinary resident of that
constituency. He need
not be a registered voter but he / she must
not be disqualified to
be registered as a voter
116. to put his signature
in
Form 13F before the Commanding Officer of the Unit and then
to
send the
Form to his proxy for affixing his / her signature before
a
Notary / First Class
Magistrate. Thereafter, the proxy can submit the Form to the
Returning
Officer concerned.
b
.
If a service voter is
at
his native place
, both
he
and
his proxy can sign
Form
13 F
before
a
Notary / First Class Magistrate
117. . 16 How does a ‘proxy’ record the vote on
behalf of the service voter at the polling
station ?
Ans. The
proxy can record the vote on behalf of the
service voter at the polling station
to which service voter is assigned, in the
same manner as any other elector
assigned to
that polling station. The proxy will be
entitled to vote on behalf of the service
voter
,
in
addition to the vote that he / she may cast
in his / her own name if he/she is a
registered
elector in the constituency, at the polling
station to which he / she has been normally
assigned
118.
119. Q.12 Was 18 the minimum voting age in
India from the beginning?
Ans. No. Earlier, the age for registration of
a voter was 21 years. Through the 61st
amendment Act, 1988 of the Constitution
read with Act 21 of 1989 amending the R.
P. Act, 1950, the minimum age of
registration of a voter has been brought
down to 18 years. This has been made
effective from 28th March, 1989
120. amplifying or reproducing the human voice by any apparatus
not allowed.
In case of contravention such apparatus be seized.
Shouting or otherwise act in disorderly manner not allowed.
Penal action also to be taken.
Candidates' election booths (one table + two chairs) without
shamiyana/tentage and with - one banner upto 3 ft.× 1.5 ft.
beyond 200 mtrs of a PS allowed. If it have valid permission
from local authority (ECI No. 464/INST/2007 PLN-I dt.
12.1.2007)