Question:
Surekha is an officer-in-charge of ensuring free and fair elections in an assembly constituency in a state. Describe what she should focus on for each of the following stages of the election:
(i) Election campaign
(ii) Polling day
(iii) Counting day
Answer:
(i) Election Campaign: During the election campaign Surekha should ensure that candidates and their supporters do not:
- Use violence to threaten the voters.
- Use money power
- Use government resources
- Spend more money than the limit fixed by the EC.
(ii) Polling Day: On the polling day, Surekha should ensure that:
- Notorious people do not capture the booth.
- Fake votes are not cast.
- Poor and weaker sections of society are able to cast their vote freely.
- The voting should take place in a free and fair manner.
(iii) Counting Day: On the counting day, Surekha should ensure that:
- The voting machines in which the votes are recorded are intact.
- The counting of votes should begin in the presence of the candidates and their agents.
- The counting of votes should be done accurately.
- No unauthorized person should be allowed in the counting centre.






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