How to Prepare Voting compartment in Polling station & Elections commission instructions on Voting Compartment
In order to maintain secrecy of vote at the time of poll and uniformity on use of voting compartments, the following instructions shall be strictly adhered on use of Voting Compartment at Polling Stations
Instructions on How to prepare the Voting Compartment
- The voting compartments shall be made only of corrugated plastic sheet (flex-board) of steel grey colour, which is opaque and reusable.
- The Voting Compartment shall be in three folds, each fold having dimension of 24"X24”X30" (Length X Width X Height). Increased height of 30” is mandatory.
- All the three sides of the voting compartments shall be printed as mentioned at Annexure-20.
- The height of the table on which the voting compartment is placed should be 30” as shown at Annexure-20.
- If more than one BU is used for poll, the width of the voting compartment may be increased 12” for each additional BU. Where additional Balloting Units are being used, Presiding Officers shall arrange the Balloting Units in the manner as shown at Annexure-20. 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.
The Election Commission Directions regarding Voting Compartment
- Proper electricity arrangements should be made at the polling stations.
- High voltage incandescent bulbs/tube-light should not be placed over or front of the voting compartment.
- Voting Compartment should be placed in such a way that sufficient light is available inside the voting compartment.
- no direct lighting is placed over or in front of the voting compartment.
- secrecy of voting is not violated.
- voting compartment is not placed near the window/door.
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