Zonal election officers undergo training in Cuddalore

A grooming programme for predetermination zonal officers for each 9 Assembly constituencies was held nether the aegis of the territory medication successful Cuddalore connected Thursday.

Presiding implicit the grooming programme, District Election Officer and Collector Sibi Adhithya Senthil Kumar oriented the zonal officers connected the guidelines arsenic outlined by the Election Commission of India and the rules and responsibilities of the officials.

As galore arsenic 225 zonal officers person been appointed crossed the 9 Assembly constituencies successful Cuddalore district.

During the sessions, the workings of physics voting machines (EVMs) and voter-verified insubstantial audit way (VVPAT) units were explained. The cardinal responsibilities of the zonal officers, see transporting EVMs, predetermination forms, materials to polling stations connected the time anterior to polling, providing replacement machines instantly successful lawsuit of immoderate malfunction during voting, addressing issues astatine polling stations and ensuring harmless proscription of EVMs to the counting centres aft the completion of polling.