handbook for presiding officers - Chief Electoral Officer, Govt. of Sikkim

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5.2 On receiving the tendered ballot paper, the elector concerned will go into the voting compartment and will mark his vote on the ballot paper by putting the cross mark on or near the symbol of the contesting candidate of his choice by means of the arrow cross mark rubber stamp. 5.3 The elector will then fold the tendered ballot paper and after coming out of the voting compartment hand it over to you. 5.4 You shall keep all the tendered ballot papers and the list of such tendered ballot papers prepared in Form 17B in a cover specially provided for the purpose and seal the cover at the close of the poll. 5.5 If owing to blindness or physical infirmity, such elector is unable to record his vote without assistance, you shall permit him to take with him a companion in accordance with the procedure mentioned in Chapter XXII.
15CHAPTER XXVIII ADJOURNMENT/STOPPAGE OF POLL DUE TO RIOT, BOOTH CAPTURING, ETC. 1. Adjournment of Poll due to Riot, etc. 1. Under section 57(1) of the Representation of People Act, 1951, the Presiding Officer of a polling station is empowered to adjourn the poll on account of— (i) a natural calamity like flood, heavy snowfall, a severe storm and the like, or (ii) non-receipt or loss or damage to essential polling materials like voting machine, authentic copy of electoral roll and the like, or (iii) disturbance of peace at the polling station making it impossible to take the poll, or (iv) non-arrival of the polling party at the polling station due to obstruction on the way or any other serious difficulty, or (v) any other sufficient cause. 2.1 If there is a riot or any attempt of open violence, use the police force to control the same. If, however, it cannot be controlled and it is impossible to continue the poll, you should adjourn the poll. As stated above, the poll should also be adjourned if the taking of the poll is rendered impossible on account of any natural calamity or other sufficient cause. A passing shower of rain or strong wind would not normally be a sufficient cause for adjournment of poll. The discretion given to you to adjourn the poll should be exercised most sparingly and only in cases where it has become physically impossible to take the poll. The Commission has, however, decided that an adjourned poll may be ordered at all those polling stations where polling fails to start within two hours of the time scheduled for the commencement of poll. 2.2 In every case of adjournment of poll, you must report immediately the full facts to the Returning Officer. Wherever a poll is adjourned, announce formally to all, who are present at the polling station, that the poll will be taken on a day to be notified subsequently by the Election Commission. 2.3 Both the units of the voting machine and all election papers should be sealed and secured in the presence of the polling agents as if the poll has come to a close in the normal way. 3. Completion of adjourned poll. 3.1 Where the poll has been adjourned at a polling station [under the provisions of sub-section (1) of section 57], the adjourned poll will recommence on the date and time fixed by the Election Commission from the stage at which it was left immediately before the adjournment, i.e. the electors, who have not already voted before the poll was adjourned, will alone be permitted to vote at the adjourned poll. The Returning Officer will provide the Presiding Officer of the polling station, at which such adjourned poll is taken, with the sealed packets containing the same marked copy of the electoral roll and the register of
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HANDBOOK FOR PRESIDING OFFICERS (At
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display on the panels of the machin
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etc. On arrival at the dispersal ce
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(xx) ‘Ballot’ button and direct
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30CHAPTER II FORMATION OF POLLING P
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9CHAPTER III 3COLLECTION OF VOTING
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(6) That the candidates' blue butto
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that they are not defective in any
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CHAPTER V RANDOMIZATION OF ELECTRON
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7. After AC wise grouping of CUs/BU
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shall be kept in strong room and th
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(b) a copy of the list of contestin
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CHAPTER - VII SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS
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alongwith their security personnel
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3.2 Every polling agent must produc
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ecording his/her vote on the Ballot
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The Presiding Officer will prepare
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32Diagram showing the interconnecti
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11CHAPTER XI 7PREPARATION OF CONTRO
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12CHAPTER XII CONDUCTING MOCK POLL
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personal responsibility to deliver
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16. Maintenance of Presiding Office
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PART IV DECLARATION AFTER THE SEALI
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ANNEXURE XI (CHAPTER XVIII, Para 10
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ANNEXURE XIII (CHAPTER XXX, Para 1.
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(iii) Number of electors who actual
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ANNEXURE XV (CHAPTER IX, Para 10) F
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(Back side)
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ANNEXURE XVIII Sample of Photo Elec
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