Wednesday, April 20, 2016

How to Be a Good Presiding Officer

Last updated on 01.11.2015: The State Election Commission has announced the dates for the election to the Local Self Government bodies. The Elections will take place in two phases on November 2 and 5. The counting will be done on 7 November 2015.
It is observed that in each election the Presiding Officers generally confused with lot of formalities to be done during, before and after the closing of Election.The presiding Officer is the in-charge of the Polling Station and has lot of work to be done in the previous and on the polling day.He is continuously under constant pressure till the submission of election material along with Ballot Boxes or EVM whatever it may be.The Presiding Officer should ensure all the formalities are done in a perfect manner. Now we want to laid some tips & links for the Presiding & Polling Officers which will help them in completing all formalities without any discrepancy.
The first and foremost prerequisite for Presiding Officer is to attend the training sections seriously.Even if you have worked as a Presiding Officer in some earlier elections , you are required to attend the training sections in a very serious and sincere manner. You are required to study carefully the Presiding Officers Hand book provided to you during the training.You should note down your doubts, confusions and never enter the polling stations with the confused mind.
Know Your Polling Station
Know Your Polling Station-eDrop Link
Video Help Files
Electronic Voting Machine(EVM) Demo Video(Malayalam)-YouTube 
Electronic Voting Machine(EVM) Demo Video-Mobile Version Download (3GP)
Electronic Voting Machine(EVM) Sealing Preparation : View | Download 3GP
Presentation Files
Duties of Presiding Officer-Power Point Presentation
EVM Sealing-Power Point Presentation
Proforma,Forms and PDF Help Files
Election Tips for Polling Officers by Prasanth P.S,GHSS,Punnamoodu,TVM
Election Tips in Malayalam by Shreesha Kumar M.P , SSHSS,Sheni(Updated)
Polling in a Nut Shell-Election Tips by Bhargavan Master,GHSS,Azhiyur : File 1 | File 2
Polling Tips- Booklet Prepared By Staff, Govt Ganapat HSS ,Feroke
Polling Tips- Booklet Prepared By Biswas,SN HSS,Okkal,Eranakulam
Election Tips - Help Files and PDF documents Prepared By SREEJIT PK , GHSS Moolankave
Male/Female Counter Sheet in PDF format for First Polling Officer
Hourly Polling Status Proforma(Updated)
Hand Book for Presiding Officer(2015)
Duties & Checklist for Presiding Officer
Application for Postal Ballot (Form 15)
Forms for Election - Index

[Disclaimer : It may be noted that this tips cannot be treated as exhaustive in all respects or as a substitute reference for various provisions of election law governing the conduct of elections. Whenever you are in doubt as to the clarity of instructions contained here in, reference should be made to the corresponding Acts and Rules]
As always, HSSLiVE will update as we know more !