State Chief Electoral Officer Vikas Raj, who conducted a video conference on the conduct of state assembly elections, said that in the context of assembly elections, officials and staff should perform election duties following the guidelines of the Election Commission.

*The Chief Electoral Officer of the State conducted a video conference on the conduct of the State Assembly Elections.
State Chief Electoral Officer Vikas Raj said that in the wake of the Assembly elections, officers and staff should follow the guidelines of the Election Commission and perform their election duties.

State Chief Electoral Officer Vikas Raj, election observers Ajay V. Naik, Deepak Mishra, R. Balakrishnan, State DGP Anjani Kumar, along with state level high level officials in a video conference held with the district election officials on the arrangements for the upcoming general elections to the state legislature, District Collector Gautham from the Integrated District Collectorate, District Additional Collector Vijayendar Reddy,District Revenue Officer Haripriya, D.C.P. Sabarish participated in this video conference along with the nodal officials.

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Conduct of duties following the guidelines of the Election Commission.
*Planning should be done for commissioning of EVM machines.
*C Visual App should be widely publicized,
*Political parties and candidates should be given necessary permissions in time as per the rules,
After participating in a video conference in the Collectorate meeting hall, District Collector Gautham spoke to the nodal officials.He said that after the nomination process, the EVM machines will have to be adjusted as necessary based on the number of candidates in the contest, if necessary, additional ballot units will be provided to the district and steps should be taken to carry out the second phase of EVM machine randomization on November 18.Pending voter registration applications should be processed within three days, he said. He said that steps should be taken to immediately register cash, gold and other jewelery in the field at the e-SMS app during the confiscation of cash, gold and other jewelery during election inspections.

He said that permission should be granted from time to time to the applications received from the representatives of political parties and candidates for organizing meetings and gatherings related to the election campaign. In the district, the operation should be designed so that the voter slips can be printed and distributed quickly, and the distribution of voter slips should start immediately after the nominations are received , He said that a review should be conducted on the distribution of voter slips every day. He said that extensive sweep programs should be conducted so as to increase the polling percentage by paying more attention to the polling centers which recorded low turnout in the past.

It is suggested that the applications received for election campaign meetings, meetings and other activities through Suvidha app should be reviewed and permissions should be granted within the stipulated time and there should be no delay in issuing the permissions. If the applications are rejected, the reasons should be clearly stated.1950 Toll Free, C.Whistle, Complaints received through control rooms should be responded to immediately and action should be taken. He said that the transfer process of Form-6 and Form-8 should be continuously monitored and applications should not be pending. All those participating in the polling duties should have a clear understanding of the do’s and don’ts related to polling.He said that minimum infrastructure should be made available in every polling station, police force should be provided and special attention should be focused on problematic and most problematic polling stations. Training classes should be conducted for those selected for web casting. To maintain full transparency while seizing cash and other items during inspections and to act in accordance with the rules,He expressed the desire to ensure that the common people do not face any difficulties. District Collector Gautham suggested that all precautions should be taken in the case of postal ballot, especially the rules should be strictly followed while conducting the voting process by going to the houses of senior citizens and the disabled.

In this meeting, nodal officials, election department officials, related officials and others participated.