HOW TO MOCKPOLL AND CU SEALlING ( કેવી રીતે મોક્પોલ અને સી.યુ . ને સીલીંગ કરવુ )
MOCK POLL ON THE DAY OF POLL
13.1 Mock poll before commencement of actual poll
Mock poll shall be conducted normally one hour before the scheduled hour
of commencement of poll. All contesting candidates should be informed
in writing well in advance that mock poll would start one hour before the
commencement of poll and they should be advised to instruct their polling
agents to be present in time for the mock poll. Polling agents of at least two
candidates should be present at the time of Mock Poll. However, if polling
agents of at least two candidates are not present, the Presiding Officer may
wait for 15 more minutes before conducting the mock poll and if the agents
still do not come, then the Presiding Officer may go ahead and start the
mock poll. It is further clarified that after waiting for 15 minutes, there is a
possibility that only one Polling agent may be present, in that situation also,
the Presiding Officershould go ahead and start mock poll. In such case, there
should be specific mention in the mock poll certificate on this aspect.
13.2 During the mock poll, BU and VVPAT should be placed in the Voting
Compartment, where a Polling Officer should be present along with polling
agents to observe. The CU and VSDU should be placed on the table of the
Presiding Officer/Polling Officer. This Polling Officer will keep a record of the
votes cast.
13.3 The mock pollshould be conducted with the polling agents voting at random
for each of the contesting candidates. A total of at least 50 votes should
be polled in the mock poll. In the case of absence of polling agents of any
of the candidates, one of the polling officers or other polling agents may
record the votes for such candidates. The polling officers present in the
Voting Compartment should ensure that votes are recorded for each of the
contesting candidates. After the mock poll, Presiding Officer will ascertain
the result in the CU, count the VVPAT paper slips in the presence of the
polling agents and confirm that the results tally for each candidate.
13.4 All mock poll data in CU and VVPAT paperslipsfrom VVPAT must be removed
by the Presiding Officer and the empty drop box verified by the Polling
Agents.
13.5 The mock poll VVPAT paper slips, should be stamped on their back side
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with rubber stamp having inscription
“MOCK POLL SLIP”, thereafter these
mock poll VVPAT paper slips shall be
kept in an envelope made of thick
black paper and sealed with the seal
of the Presiding Officer. The sample
image of the said stamp is as under:
(The dimensions of the stamp to be used for the purpose should be 3cms X
1.5 cms)
13.6 The Presiding Officer and polling agents must put their signatures on the
envelope. The number and name of the polling station, number and name
of Assembly Constituency, date of poll and the words “VVPAT paper slips of
Mock Poll” shall be written on the envelope.
13.7 This envelope must be kept in the special plastic box for mock poll and sealed
with a pink paper seal placed all around in such a manner that opening of
the box will require breaking of the seal.
13.8 The number and name of the polling station, number and name of Assembly
Constituency and the date of poll shall be written on the plastic box.
13.9 The Presiding Officer and Polling Agents must put their signatures on the
pink paper seal and keep the box along with other documents relating to
elections. Thereafter, Presiding Officer will sign the Mock Poll Certificate
(Annexure-21) and seal the CU.
13.10 The drop box of VVPAT should be sealed with an address tag before the
actual poll starts.
13.11 The Presiding Officers shall ensure that the data of the mock poll is deleted,
without fail, before the official poll starts. This is very critical step and this
should be emphasized during training.
13.12 The Presiding Officers shall mention the names of the Polling agents and
the candidates (and their party affiliations), whom they represent and also
obtain their signatures on the completion of mock poll on the certificate.
13.13 Where a micro-observer has been appointed at any polling stations,
he should also participate in all the proceeding of the mock poll and his
signature should also be obtained on the mock poll certificate. Further, these
proceedings should be videographed wherev
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