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

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(v)
(vi)
(vii)
Each polling station will be supplied with four (4) strip seals like green
paper seals.
You shall account for each strip seal supplied to the polling station for
the conduct of poll in the Presiding Officers’ Diary.
You should return every strip seal that has not ben used [including the
strips (or pieces thereof) damaged accidentally] to the Returning
Officer, who will be held responsible if any strip seal is found in the
hands of any unauthorized person at any time.
The Chief Electoral Officer and the District Election Officers shall keep
a record of the serial numbers of the strip seals supplied to each
Returning Officer. Similarly, each Returning Officer shall keep a record
of the strip seals supplied to each polling station.
(viii) Commission will issue samples of strip seals to your State for the
purpose of demonstration as well as training. These sample strips
seals also shall be kept in safe custody. After using the strip seals for
training or demonstration, as the case may be, the used strips should
be destroyed by shredding them.
10. Voting machine ready for actual poll
10.1 The voting machine is now ready in all respects for use for actual poll.
10.2. Before commencing the poll, you should place the balloting unit(s) inside the
voting compartment. As already instructed, the voting compartment should be
located at sufficient distance from your table where the control unit shall be
kept and operated. The interconnecting cable between the balloting 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 for 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.
Method of Sealing ECIL MAKE MACHINES with Strip Seal:
In ECIL machine only one green paper seal is used. Therefore, the loose
ends of the same green paper seal protrudes from either ends of the outer
door over result section. (In the upgraded model of the voting machine also,
whether manufactured by BEL or ECIL only one green paper seal is used.)
Following are the steps to seal ECIL MAKE MACHINES (and also the
upgraded model of the voting machine) with strip seal:-
Step 1: First double fold the green paper seal, protruding from the lower portion of
the outer door of the Result Section, in the middle ensuring that the green
side of the seal remains outside.