This document contains instructions and procedures for polling officials for conducting elections using electronic voting machines (EVMs). It includes details about setting up the polling party and materials, conducting mock polls, using EVMs on polling day, procedures for replacing or fixing EVMs if needed, taking various reports throughout polling day, closing the poll, and packaging materials after polling is completed. Abbreviations used include EVM, VM, RO, DEO, SMS, RC, NOTA, VVPAT, and MCC.

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Speer head)
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CBM (Confidence Building Measure)
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13. • VM-SO Report
RO VM-RO Report
DEO VM-DEO Report
•VM-SO> VM-RO> VM-
DEO

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• SMS
SMS

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PARTY
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 PO 1st Polling Officer
EVM
MOCK POLL

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Material
• Polling Party
• Polling Party
SMS
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• MOCK POLL)
• MOCK POLL CERTIFICATE-
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MOCK POLL

18. • EVM
• Poll Start Report
SMS
• SMS
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20. • EVM
BU & CU)
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• 17-A
form EVM Control Unit

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• EVM
• RC

22. • Poll Close
• SMS
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• 17C
• Format XV (Presiding Officer’s additional
report(

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• P-1
Safe Arrival Report
• Mock Poll Report & Certificate
• Poll Start Report
• 2 hourly report (
• EVM
• Poll Close report
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25. • Voter’s Turn Out Report
• Account of voter
• Special Report of Presiding
Officer(Pr.O)
• Declaration of Presiding Officer
• Presiding officer’s Diary
• Digital Camera (
• Statutory Cover (

26. VAB (VOTERS’ ASSISTANCE
BOOTH)
• PSL)
VAB (VOTERS’
ASSISTANCE BOOTH)
• VAB- English Alphabet
• VAB
• VAB

27. Sector Officer Format-1

28. VM-SO FORMAT

29. Sector officer Format-3

30. • NOTA (NONE OF THE ABOVE)
• VVPAT (Voter-verifiable paper audit
trail) direct recording
electronic voting system (DRE
• NOTA VVPAT

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