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ECI kick starts due process for July 18 Presidential election

Ballot boxes along with other essential election materials are handed over to the AROs under appropriate security and safety measures after complete inspection at Nirvachan Sadan, New Delhi.

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Imphal: The Election Commission of India Tuesday started the distribution and dispatch of designated ballot boxes, ballot papers, special pens, and other sealed election materials to the State Legislative Assembly Secretariats including the NCT of Delhi and UT of Puducherry for the conduct of Presidential Election 2022 scheduled on July 18, 2022. 

The dispatch of election materials to States/UT in a time-bound and secured manner is being undertaken under the supervision of Chief Election Commissioner, Rajiv Kumar and Election Commissioner, Anup Chandra Pandey. 

The Commission mandates the collection of the materials from the ECI Headquarters at Delhi by Assistant Returning Officers (AROs) including one senior officer from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer. Once they reach Delhi, officials are also assisted at the help desk at the Delhi Airport manned by the officials of the Election Commission of India, Civil Aviation, Delhi Police, and CISF. 

Ballot boxes along with other essential election materials are handed over to the AROs under appropriate security and safety measures after complete inspection at Nirvachan Sadan, New Delhi. Delhi Police teams escort the AROs while they come to collect the election material. The AROs return to their respective States/UTs on the same day as the collection of the election materials. During the transportation, the Ballot Boxes fly on a separate air ticket in the front row of the aircraft beside the seat of the officer transporting the materials under personal supervision. 

While speaking to the AROs from the states, CEC Rajiv Kumar emphasized that strict adherence to procedures by the ECI teams has become its hallmark in delivering error-free elections time and again. He added that a set of well-defined instructions and Standard Operating Procedures that are required to be followed thoroughly to complete every electoral process account for ECI’s robustness for conducting elections. He asked the officials to be vigilant and ensure strict adherence to protocols and guidelines for transportation and storage of election materials including ballot boxes and ballot papers. Once the officers with ballot boxes reach the state capitals, these are stored in previously sanitized and properly sealed strong rooms under strict Videography monitoring. 

The boxes and other documents are carried personally in the aircraft cabins – never out of sight of accompanying officers. The Commission has already issued specific guidelines for the conduct of polls and AROs and Observers are trained as such. 

A workshop for the RO, AROs & CEOs was also organized on June 13, 2022, at Vigyan Bhawan to brief them on all aspects of election procedure for the conduct of Presidential elections. The Commission has also appointed 37 Observers for overseeing the arrangements of polling and counting during elections and a briefing meeting of these Observers was also organized on July 11, 2022. 

The Commission has deployed one Observer for overseeing polling at each of the 30 places of the poll in the State/UT Legislative Assemblies and 2 observers for Parliament House. The designated Observers will take stock of election arrangements made for security and transportation of ballot boxes and election material by the ROs and AROs and ensure free and fair elections. The Observers deputed at Parliament House will also oversee the counting process of votes on July 21, 2022, the press release added.

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