The process of sealing electronic voting machines for the assembly election in Bijapur constituency started here,officials said on Monday.
The sealing work started in the strong room of livelihood College in the presence of top district administrative, police and election officials. Master trainers made the presiding and polling officers of the regions aware how to set up the voting machines, how to conduct polls and provided them a model check list to ensure all the process they complete smoothly without any trouble.
They also asked them to follow the election guideline strictly and ensure that all procedures are followed properly.Those who were present in the sealing work include district returning officer and Bijapur Collector Mohammad Kaiser Abdul Haq, police officer A.K.Kulkarni, district election officer A.K.Nahta, Additional District Magistrate BB Panchbhai and Tehsildar DD Mahant.
After sealing, the electronic voting machines would be kept in the strongly guarded strong room. The EVMs will be sent to the booths ahead of the elections.