How is polling and counting of votes done in india
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Polling Process
To understand the counting process using electronic ballot box, one needs to understand the polling process first. From a general public perspective, it is simple, you go to a booth, prove your identity with election id card, a polling officer cross-matches your name in their list, you get your hand marked and then cast your vote in the electronic ballot.
ECI readies the ballot boxes, list and forms much earlier. Polling officers report to a central station to know their posting, collect the forms, lists and supplies. For me the central station was roughly 2 hours of driving. The polling station had 3 booths, each with roughly 3 officers. All of us were then taken in a bus to the remote school, another 2 hours away. The ballot boxes arrive with security later, directly at the polling station.
Each political party can assign booth agents who work with the polling officers. The agents will have their own lists. Being locals, they know most of the people entering your booth. The first task on reaching the booth was to ready the booth, arrange furniture and make sure there was enough space to accommodate agents from all the parties competing. Each party will get 2 passes for each booth, one person from each party can sit inside the booth in rotation.
Once the electronic ballots arrive in sealed boxes, it is opened and checked for any problems. It is checked for counts and then reset. The party agents arrive late evening and a meeting time early morning is set up for cross verifying the electronic ballots. The first things on polling day is the meeting. The officers are required to let the party agents check the ballot machine as many times to their liking. This could involve casting some 100 votes and resetting it a couple of times, just to make sure.
The actual voting process proceeds as everyone is familiar with. During this time, the party booth agents can object to anyone entering the booth and the polling officer then has to verify the identity and solve the issue. Most importantly, after the election, the net count in the machine is cross-checked with the numbers in the hard copy. Details are filled in forms provided. Copies are given to each party agent, their sign obtained and a copy is kept with the ballot. The ballot machine is sealed and then submitted at the central station along with the forms.
Counting
Ballot machines are then brought to a central counting station. In each round some 10 machines are opened. Each desk would be manned by 2 persons. The count is checked, tallied with the form attached to the machine. Each desk would have counting agents from all political parties. The agents would have copies of the filled forms and can cross check for any inconsistencies.
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To understand the counting process using electronic ballot box, one needs to understand the polling process first. From a general public perspective, it is simple, you go to a booth, prove your identity with election id card, a polling officer cross-matches your name in their list, you get your hand marked and then cast your vote in the electronic ballot.
ECI readies the ballot boxes, list and forms much earlier. Polling officers report to a central station to know their posting, collect the forms, lists and supplies. For me the central station was roughly 2 hours of driving. The polling station had 3 booths, each with roughly 3 officers. All of us were then taken in a bus to the remote school, another 2 hours away. The ballot boxes arrive with security later, directly at the polling station.
Each political party can assign booth agents who work with the polling officers. The agents will have their own lists. Being locals, they know most of the people entering your booth. The first task on reaching the booth was to ready the booth, arrange furniture and make sure there was enough space to accommodate agents from all the parties competing. Each party will get 2 passes for each booth, one person from each party can sit inside the booth in rotation.
Once the electronic ballots arrive in sealed boxes, it is opened and checked for any problems. It is checked for counts and then reset. The party agents arrive late evening and a meeting time early morning is set up for cross verifying the electronic ballots. The first things on polling day is the meeting. The officers are required to let the party agents check the ballot machine as many times to their liking. This could involve casting some 100 votes and resetting it a couple of times, just to make sure.
The actual voting process proceeds as everyone is familiar with. During this time, the party booth agents can object to anyone entering the booth and the polling officer then has to verify the identity and solve the issue. Most importantly, after the election, the net count in the machine is cross-checked with the numbers in the hard copy. Details are filled in forms provided. Copies are given to each party agent, their sign obtained and a copy is kept with the ballot. The ballot machine is sealed and then submitted at the central station along with the forms.
Counting
Ballot machines are then brought to a central counting station. In each round some 10 machines are opened. Each desk would be manned by 2 persons. The count is checked, tallied with the form attached to the machine. Each desk would have counting agents from all political parties. The agents would have copies of the filled forms and can cross check for any inconsistencies.
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