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

(g)
(h)
the Presiding Officer’s table/the table of third Polling Officer, as the
case may be, to the voting compartment and his exit from the polling
station after recording his vote. But they should not in any event be
seated in a place where they have the chance of seeing the ballot unit
and the voter actually recording his vote by pressing particular button;
the seating arrangement of all the Polling Officers should also be such
that they are not in a position to see the voter actually recording his
vote by pressing particular button;
the voting compartment should be located at sufficient distance from
the table where the control unit shall be kept. The interconnecting cable
between the ballot unit and the control unit has a length of
approximately five metres. Therefore, the voting compartment should
be reasonably distanced. Also, the cable should be so routed that it
does not obstruct the movement of voters inside the polling station and
they have not to tread or trip over it, but the entire length of the cable
should be visible and under no circumstances be concealed under the
cloth or under the table. While placing the EVM in the voting
compartment, it must be ensured without fail that secrecy of voting is
not violated. It must be ensured that the voting compartment has been
made only of cardboard and is of the dimension 21″X21″X21″ and has
not been placed near the window/door. It must be placed away from
the window/door.
Set up of Polling Stations for simultaneous election
(a)
(b)
(c)
A layout plan of the polling station where TWO sets of EVMs are to be
used for taking simultaneous poll (i.e. for Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha
elections together) is given at Annexure VI A. In the layout, only one
door for entry and exit of voters has been shown. However, if the room
where the polling station has been set up has two doors, the entry and
exit may be arranged from different doors.
It may be noted that there shall be TWO separate Voting
Compartments – one for keeping the Ballot unit(s) of the Lok Sabha
election and the other to keep the Ballot unit(s) of the Vidhan Sabha
election.
A Notice with bold letters on each of the "Voting Compartments" with
the words ‘VOTING COMPARTMENT – LOK SABHA ELECTION” and
“VOTING COMPARTMENT – VIDHAN SABHA ELECTION’ shall be
pasted on each of the voting compartments.
VOTING COMPARTMENT – SAMPLE DRAWING
(d)
Voters have to vote in secrecy and for this purpose, the ballot units are
required to be kept in voting compartments. A sample drawing of the
voting compartment may be seen at Annexure VI. Voting compartment
has three sides covered. The ballot unit is to be placed inside the
voting compartment on a table. The ballot unit is to be placed in such a
way that voters do not find any difficulty in recording their voters. The
voting compartment should be located at sufficient distance from the
table where the control unit shall be kept and operated. The
interconnecting cable between the ballot unit and the control unit has a