After failing to cast their vote in the state assembly elections and not being able to issue election duty certificates on time as a weak link in a strong democracy were observations of the Election Commision and which forced EC to make recommendations for employees on election duty.
The employee who will go for election duty, it will be necessary to register his name in the assembly constituency of the same district where he resides. Along with this, to end the disputes regarding seal and sign in postal ballot, it has also been asked to appoint a nodal officer in the facilitation center to be set up in every district.
In fact, the Election Commission of India has considered the employees not being able to cast their votes in the assembly elections and the election duty certificate not being issued on time as a weak link in a strong democracy. In such a situation, the Election Commission has issued instructions to the Chief Electoral Officer of Madhya Pradesh.
After which, in a letter sent to all the collectors and district election officers and returning officers, Additional Chief Electoral Officer Rajesh Kumar Kaul has said that based on the experience of the Assembly elections 2023, the Election Commission has issued new instructions. Therefore, this should be followed in the upcoming elections.
All the officers and employees of the district who will be deployed for election duty must be registered in the voter list in the assembly constituency of the district in which they are working. This information can also be prepared on the basis of database prepared for election duty. For this, certificates will have to be taken from the officers and employees of all the departments and offices of the district regarding their registration in the same district.
Mostly EDC (Election Duty Certificate) is to be taken in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Therefore, it should be decided to take applications for EDC from officers and employees.
A facilitation center is made in place of training given to the employees in the districts. In view of convenience, as far as possible the training venue should be made at the district headquarters.
Police department applications are received at the last moment. This leads to inconveniences and difficulties. In such a situation, the names of police nodal officers and employees whose names are registered in another district must be registered in the assembly constituency of the same district under the category of ordinary resident.
A large number of Postal Ballot Format 13A rejected due to the postal ballot serial number not being mentioned on the elector's declaration and the signature or seal or designation and office name of the Gazetted Officer (Category A or B) not being handwritten. This has an adverse effect on a strong democracy. Therefore, gazetted officers with specific training should be appointed at the Facilitation Center of Postal Ballot only.