ARRANGEMENTS AT POLLING STATION
@ Dos :
1. All members of polling party and security personnel must be present at the Polling Station.
2. Ensure that there is enough space for the voters to wait outside the Polling Station and form separate queues for male and female voters, senior citizens and pregnant women.
3. Do ensure special arrangements for identification and application of indelible ink to Pardanas in women electors if required.
4. Ensure separate entry and exit for voters.
5. Do place the Ballot Unit(s) and VVPAT in voting compartment in such a way that no one can disturb the interconnecting cable, and the cable is fully visible and its routing does not obstruct the movement of voters inside the Polling Station.
6. Put the VVPAT lock-unlock switch for paper roll in working-vertical position before switching on the Control Unit.
7. To Maintain the secrecy of the ballot, ensure that polling officers and agents are seated in such a way that the BU, VVPAT and the voter recording his vote by pressing button on BU, is not visible to them at all.
8. Ensure three separate quees for PWD/Senior citizens, male and female elector.
9. Check the appointment letters of polling agents and explain to them the provisions of section 128 of the R.P. Act 1951. Issue them entry passes for their movement.
10. Ensure that Polling Agents appointed at the Polling Station are enrolled in the voter list of that Assembly Constituency and have EPIC or any other government approved Photo Identity Card.
11. Ensure the following:
a) A notice specifying the polling area and particulars of electors to be served by Polling Station is displayed outside the Polling Booth.
b) A copy of list of the contesting candidates in Form 7A is displayed outside the Polling Station prominently.
c) Voter Facilitation Posters and instructions are displayed on the outer wall, near the entrance of the Polling Booth.
12. A HELP DESK/ Voter Assistance Booth must be set up by BLO to provide necessary assistance to the electors.
13. Ensure that all security personnel deployed at your polling station are present.
@ DON'Ts:
1. Do not accept the hospitality of any Contesting Candidate, Political parties and local people etc
2. No cooking or lighting of fire for any purpose should be allowed inside the PS.
3. No smoking is allowed inside the PS.
4. No arms should be carried inside the PS.
5. Do not allow mobile phone inside the booth and even the cell phones of polling personnel should remain switched off/ in silent mode inside the polling booth.
6. Do not have high wattage incandescent bulbs/tube-light placed directly over or in front of the VVPAT and also no window must be opened behind EVM and VVPAT.
7. Do not expose the EVM and VVPAT to web camera/video camera so as to maintain secrecy of voting.
8. Do not appoint any person as polling officer (in unforeseen situation where polling officer cannot do his duties) who is connected to the candidate or party.
9. Don’t have any photograph of any leader or symbol of political party or slogans related to elections displayed in the PS
10. No campaign material to be displayed in and around the booth and area of 100mts around the PS.
11. No political party agent should be seated in such a way inside the booth that they have a chance to see a voter recording his/her vote.
12. No political party member other than authorized person to be allowed to sit inside the PS or within a radius of 200m around it.
13. Do not allow any photographer/ person to take pictures of a voter casting his/her vote in the voting compartment.
14. Do not allow any person other than voter and those authorities allowed by ECI to enter the polling booth.
15. No person should be allowed within the PS or within 100 mtrs. there of to wear badges, emblems etc. bearing the names of candidates or political leaders and or their symbols or pictorial representation of any kind as it may amount to campaigning.
16. Do not allow the security personnel posted at the entrance of PS to verify the identity of electors as it is the duty of the polling personnel.
17. No security jawan should be positioned inside the polling booth.
18. Do not give any special treatment to any VIP or celebrity coming to cast vote.
