Election Duty Certificates Will Be Provide To Polling Staff for Casting Their Votes: Sidhu

By 1 2 1 News Reporter
Mohali 22nd April:-- The Election Duty Certificates will be issued to
polling staff deputed for elections, to be held on 30 April. These
certificates could be obtained from the office of Assistant Returning
Officers. Stating this, District Electoral Officer-cum-Deputy
Commissioner Tejinder Pal Singh Sidhu said that district
administration has ensured each & every effort in view of elections &
the issuance of election duty certificates is being done so that
polling staff could also use their constitutional right to cast vote.
Tejinder Pal Singh Sidhu said that to conduct fair & transparent
elections in the district, appropriate directions has been issued to
the department chiefs & executive officers to ensure the voting
exercise by polling staff. He said that polling staff could cast their
votes through various methods. He said that polling officer could cast
his vote in concerned polling station by showing Election Duty
Certificate, provided the polling officer is deputed in the same
constituency. He said that in case the polling officer is deputed in
different constituency then he could use Ballet Paper for casting the
vote. He said, many a time, it was noticed that polling officers are
not properly aware about the Election Duty Certificates & use of
Ballet Papers, due to the fact they feel unable to cast their votes.
District Electoral Officer said that direction in this regard have
already been issued to the department heads & officers concerned to
make aware the polling staff, about the use of their constitutional
right during election duty. He said that every department chief has to
ensure the timely submission of properly filled "Form-12-A" by the
polling officers, so that further necessary action in this regard
could be initiated.