In the five states for which elections were announced on Saturday, each assembly constituency will have at least one polling station which will be exclusively managed by women. The Election Commission said that in line with its firm commitment to gender equality and more constructive participation of women in the electoral process, it has directed that, as far as possible, at least one vote by a particular women’s center in each assembly will be installed. , Constituencies in Goa, Manipur, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh.
All election personnel including police and security personnel at such polling stations will be women. The Commission, referring to the system of counting day on March 10, said that before the results are received from the control units, the seals are verified, and the unique serial numbers of these are matched by the candidates with the counting agents deputed before them. Is. ,
The EVMs and paper trail machines are kept back in the strong room in the presence of candidates or their representatives till the expiry of the election petition period of 45 days. In this period, petitions challenging the results can be filed in the respective High Courts.
Following the practice that started during the Bihar Assembly elections, the Election Commission (EC) said that senior citizens above 80 years of age and those infected with COVID will be given the option to vote from the comfort of their homes. It said polling personnel would visit the homes of those opting for this option and provide them with ballot papers to cast their votes. The Election Commission said that the contesting candidates and their agents will be informed and strict confidentiality will be ensured through videography of such voters. Will clean up a day before. Will be done.
It said thermal screening of voters would be done at the entry point of polling stations by polling personnel or paramedical staff or ASHA workers. In the first reading, if the voter’s temperature is above the standards set by the Ministry of Health, then it will be checked twice. The Election Commission said that if this continues, the voter will be provided with a token and asked to vote in the last hour of polling. In the last hour of polling, such voters will be given the facility to cast their votes strictly following the preventive measures related to COVID, it said.
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