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length of approximately five metres and is permanently attached to the ballot unit. 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. It has to come out from the back portion of the voting compartment through an aperture cut out at the bottom of back portion of the voting compartment. This aperture should be wide enough so that the portion of the ballot unit, through which the cable comes out is visible from outside. This is necessary to keep a watch that no voter tries to tamper with or damage the cable while inside the voting compartment. However, this aperture in the voting compartment should also not be so wide as to violate the secrecy of voting. While placing the EVM in the voting compartment, it must be ensured without fail that secrecy of voting is not violated. For this purpose, it must be ensured that it is not near the window or the door of the polling station. It must be ensured that the voting compartment has been made only of cardboard and is of the dimension 21″X21″X21″ and has been placed away from the window/door. 5.2 If sufficiently large number of ‘pardanashin’ (burqa-clad) women electors are assigned to your polling station, you should make special arrangements for their identification and application of indelible ink on the left forefinger by a lady polling officer in a separate enclosure having due regard to privacy, dignity and decency. For such special enclosure you may use locally available but absolutely inexpensive devices and using local ingenuity, such as use of charpoys or cloth such as bed spreads. 5.3 If more polling stations than one are located in the same building, you should satisfy yourself that necessary arrangements have been made for segregating the voters and making them wait in different parts of the space in front of each polling station without causing confusion. 5.4 If the polling station is located in a private building/private institution, the building and the area around it up to a radius of one hundred metres should be under your control. No person (chowkidar/guard or anybody else) connected with the owner, whether armed or unarmed, should be allowed to remain either at the polling station or within a radius of two hundred metres around it. The security arrangements at the polling station and within the above area will be entirely the responsibility of the police under your control. 5.5 No photos of leaders or symbols of any political party or slogans having a bearing on elections should be exhibited and if they are already there, you should take steps to remove them and keep them away, till the poll is over. 5.6 No cooking or lighting of fire for any purpose should be allowed inside the polling station during the day of the poll. 6. Display of notice 6.1 Display prominently outside each polling station- (a) a notice specifying the polling area and the particulars of electors to be served by the polling station; and
(b) a copy of the list of contesting candidates in Form 7-A and wherever practicable the facsimile of the symbol of each candidate. 6.2 The language of the notice should be the same as for the list of contesting candidates and the order of the names should also be the same as in the list of contesting candidate. . 7. VOTING PROCEDURE FOR SIMULTANEOUS ELECTIONS 7.1 The voters when they enter the polling station will proceed to the first Polling Officer. The first Polling Officer will identify the electors and make necessary entries in the marked copy of the electoral roll. The method of making necessary entries in the marked copy of the electoral roll has been explained in para 4 (xvi) in Chapter I. 7.2 The voter will then move to second Polling Officer. The second Polling Officer will first apply the indelible ink mark on his left hand forefinger and ask him to sign or put thumb impression in the voters register. If the voter puts his thumb impression, the polling officer should ask the voter to wipe off the residuary stamp pad ink from his thumb with a piece of wet cloth kept on the table for this purpose. 7.3 When the second Polling Officer is applying the indelible ink mark and taking the signature or thumb impression of the voter in the register, the third Polling Officer who will be sharing the Table with the second Polling Officer, will prepare two identical voters slips – one on white paper and the other on pink paper and after examining the finger of the voter to ensure that the indelible ink mark is duly applied and not erased will hand over both the voters slips to the voter and direct him to the fourth Polling Officer. 8. VOTING FOR LOK SABHA 8.1 After receiving the two voter slips, enabling him to vote for Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha elections respectively, the voter will go to the fourth Polling Officer who is in-charge of the CONTROL UNIT FOR LOK SABHA ELECTION. He will hand over the white voter slip to the fourth Polling Officer. After satisfying that it is the turn of that voter to vote, the fourth Polling Officer shall press the 'Ballot' button on the control unit for the Lok Sabha election kept on his table, and direct the voter to go into the voting compartment for Lok Sabha election. While doing so, the fourth Polling Officer should inform the voter that after voting for Lok Sabha, he should go with the pink voter slip to the fifth Polling Officer to vote for assembly election. 8.2 The voter will then enter the voting compartment for Lok Sabha election and vote for Lok Sabha election by pressing the blue button of the candidate of his choice on the ballot unit kept inside. VOTING FOR VIDHAN SABHA ELECTION 9 After he has voted for Lok Sabha election, it shall be ensured that the voter goes to the fifth Polling Officer in-charge of control unit for Vidhan Sabha
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CHAPTER XVII ENFORCEMENT OF ELECTIO
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stations and also in the 100 meters
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the Polling Officer of his duty and
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8. Clerical and printing errors in
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4. Record of electoral roll number
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items of polling materials, in stit
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contesting candidate of his choice.
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21CHAPTER XXI MAINTENANCE OF SECREC
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CHAPTER XXIII ELECTORS DECIDING NOT
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CHAPTER XXV ISSUE OF POSTAL BALLOT
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servants and no other person. When
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Drivers, Cleaners and Helpers 1.4.1
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CHAPTER XXVII TENDERED VOTES 1. It
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15CHAPTER XXVIII ADJOURNMENT/STOPPA
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of the voting machine to ensure tha
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3.3. Once the 'Close' button is pre
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candidates contesting the assembly
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CHAPTER XXXII SEALING OF ELECTION P
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D. All the other items, if any, sho
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(v) Visit Sheet (vi) 16-Point Obser
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7.3 Secure the rear compartment of
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The fifth Polling Officer will be i
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37. If open violence or riot takes
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27. General duty of the Presiding O
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(3) In every such case as aforesaid
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61. Special procedure for preventin
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public or private place within a di
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(3) Notwithstanding anything contai
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19ANNEXURE II (CHAPTER I Para 3) EX
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(d) instructions for the guidance o
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such of the contesting candidates o
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(1) The provisions of rule 49-H sha
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(4) Every elector shall vote withou
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49T. Sealing of voting machine afte
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(a) (b) (c) the number of such vote
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in place of elector _______________
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ANNEXURE III (Chapter I Para-5) OUT
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(m) If you have any doubt about you
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personal responsibility to deliver
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16. Maintenance of Presiding Office
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declaration/refused to give declara
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(ii) (iii) (iv) (v) Material for vo
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ANNEXURE VIA (CHAPTER VI, Para 5) M
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Date......................... PART
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PART IV DECLARATION AFTER THE SEALI
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To The Station House Officer, .....
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ANNEXURE XI (CHAPTER XVIII, Para 10
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ANNEXURE XIII (CHAPTER XXX, Para 1.
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1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Date.......
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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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