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

(h)
(i)
(This is an example only)
Next, press the ‘Clear’ button to clear the account of votes recorded
during the mock voting. On pressing the ‘Clear’ button, all counts in
the Display Panel will show ZERO as explained in para 1.3 above.
You have been instructed in Chapter VIII to conduct mock poll to
ensure and demonstrate to the polling agents that the EVM is in perfect
working condition and then clear the mock poll result before sealing the
Control Unit and thereafter prepare the Certificate of mock poll.
(Method of conducting mock poll has been explained in Chapter XII.) If
within the first hour of poll it is observed by you or the Observer that the
mock poll result has not been cleared from the Control Unit before
sealing it and after sealing the Unit actual poll has been commenced,
you must suspend poll, close the Control Unit and resume the poll with
a fresh machine. Try also to retrace and recall the voters, who had
voted before the suspension of the poll and allow them to vote afresh.
Use some method of marking their left hand finger to prevent
double/multiple voting by the same voter.