Sagar: Voting training given to more than 15 thousand officers and employees of the district

Sagar, 7 April (Hindustan Reporter) The first training of polling parties under the Lok Sabha Elections 2024 took place from April 2 to April 7 at 28 training sites. In this, training was given to more than 15,000 polling party officers and employees. It was made mandatory for all officers and employees to attend the training. Appropriate action will be ensured on absence. Collector and District Election Officer Deepak Arya said that as per the instructions of the Election Commission, 28 training sites were prepared for the training of polling party officers and employees under the Lok Sabha elections.

Collector and District Election Officer Deepak Arya said that under the Lok Sabha elections, as per the program in all the assembly constituencies of the district, the training of presiding officers of polling parties, polling officers number 1,2,3 started from April 2 and continued till April 7. It was mandatory for all the officers and employees of the polling party to be present in the training of polling parties, but show cause notices have been issued to those employees who did not attend the training and notices have been issued to those who have been found absent till date. Are going.

Understand the intricacies of the voting process

For the Lok Sabha elections 2024, the training of polling personnel of all eight assemblies of the district was conducted simultaneously at the assembly site in two shifts every day.

Important role of polling personnel

It is being told to the polling personnel that the role of polling personnel is important in conducting free and fair elections, the polling personnel should take the training seriously, understand the entire process of voting in detail, resolve all the queries related to voting on the spot in the training hall, Leave it, practice the EVM operation well and understand all the responsibilities well a day before the voting, before the start of voting and after its end so that there is no problem in conducting the elections.

Collector and District Election Officer Deepak Arya told the polling personnel that the more intensively they receive training, the easier it will be to conduct elections. He said that mistakes in election work will not be forgivable. According to the Lok Sabha election schedule announced by the Election Commission of India, voting will be held in the five assemblies of Sagar Lok Sabha on May 7. In order to conduct the voting of the eight Legislative Assemblies, the trainees were taught by the Master Trainers about the duties and responsibilities of the polling team, appointment of polling agents at the polling station, proceedings to be conducted at the polling station a day before, preparation before voting and mock poll, after the mock poll. Sealing of machines, actual start of voting, persons holding permission to enter the polling station, exchange of entry of voters at the polling station, enforcement of election law in and around the polling station, preparation and packing of election records and distribution to BU, CU and VVPAT. Information is being given on interconnecting EVMs and removing initial errors etc.