Assembly polls: At least one polling station in each constituency to be managed by women, says Election Commission

At the least one polling station managed solely by girls will likely be arrange in each meeting constituency to the extent potential within the 5 states for which elections had been introduced on Saturday.

The Election Fee mentioned as a part of its agency dedication in the direction of gender equality and better constructive participation of girls within the electoral course of, it has directed that, to the extent potential, a minimum of one polling station managed solely by girls will likely be arrange in each meeting constituency in Goa, Manipur, Punjab Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh.

In such polling stations, all election workers, together with police and safety personnel, will likely be girls.

Referring to preparations on counting day, March 10, the fee mentioned earlier than retrieving the consequence from management models, seals are verified, and distinctive serial numbers of those are tallied earlier than counting brokers deputed by candidates.

EVMs and paper path machines are saved again in sturdy rooms within the presence of candidates or their representatives, until the completion of the election petition interval of 45 days, it mentioned.

On this interval, petitions difficult the outcomes could be filed in respective excessive courts.

Following the observe began throughout the Bihar meeting polls, the Election Fee (EC) mentioned senior residents above the age of 80 and people contaminated with Covid will likely be allowed the choice of voting from the consolation of their houses.

It mentioned polling personnel will go to the home of these taking this feature and supply them with poll papers to forged their vote.

Contesting candidates and their brokers will likely be stored knowledgeable and strict secrecy will likely be ensured via videography of such voters, the EC mentioned

In view of the prevailing the Covid state of affairs, the fee mentioned obligatory sanitisation of polling stations, ideally, a day earlier than the ballot will likely be carried out.

Thermal checking of voters at entry level of polling stations, both by polling workers or paramedical workers or ASHA staff will likely be undertaken, it mentioned.

If the temperature of the voter is above the set norms of the well being ministry within the first studying, then it is going to be checked twice. If it stays, then the elector will likely be supplied with a token and will likely be requested to return for voting on the final hour of polling, the EC mentioned.

On the final hour of ballot, such electors will likely be facilitated for casting their vote, strictly following Covid-related preventive measures, it mentioned.