Checklist for Presiding Officer, February 2019

Table of Content:

• ON APPOINTMENT AS PRESIDING OFFICER
• POLLING PARTY TRAININGS 
• ON THE DAY BEFORE THE DAY OF POLL
• ON THE ARRIVAL AT THE POLLING STATION ON THE DAY OF POLL 
• DURING THE HOURS OF POLL 
• DECLARATION BY THE PRESIDING OFFICER BEFORE COMMENCEMENT OF THE POLL
• IMPORTANT POINTS TO REMEMBER BEFORE THE COMMENCEMENT OF POLL
• RULE 49MA – PROCEDURE IN CASE OF COMPLAINT ABOUT THE PARTICULARS PRINTED ON VVPAT PAPER SLIP
• VOTING BY BLIND & INFIRM VOTERS
• VOTING BY PROXY VOTERS 
• ELECTORS DECIDING NOT TO VOTE 
• NOTA (NONE OF THE ABOVE
• TENDERED VOTES 
• BRAILLE SIGNAGE
• PRESIDING OFFICER’S ENTRY IN THE VOTING COMPARTMENT DURING POLL 
• MAINTENANCE OF DIARY
• 17) CLOSING THE POLL 
• ACCOUNTS OF VOTES RECORDED 
• DECLARATION TO BE MADE AT THE CLOSE OF POLL
• SEALING OF EVM AND VVPAT AFTER THE CLOSE OF POLL
• SEALING OF ELECTION PAPERS 
• AFTER THE COMPLETION OF POLL 
• ANNEXURE - LIST OF POLLING MATERIALS FOR A POLLING STATION WHERE EVM AND VVPAT IS USED
• ANNEXURE 2 - CHECK MEMO FOR PRESIDING OFFFICER
• ANNEXURE 3-  FREQUENT ASKED QUESTIONS ON EVM 
• ANNEXURE 4- FREQUENT ASKED QUESTIONS ON VVPAT