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Elections during a Pandemic Chapter 7

Voters in the aforesaid category, willing to use postal polling arrangements, keeping in mind full security and
ballot facility, needed to apply for the same within five maintaining the secrecy of vo ng, was also made at
days of no fica on for elec on in their respec ve their doorsteps.
Assembly Cons tuencies. A separate team of polling Within a few days an illustrated Voter Guide: Towards a
officials comprising sector officers and BLOs was created COVID Free Elec ons (October, 2020) was issued by the
with the sole purpose of visi ng the households of voters SVEEP Division of the Elec on Commission. It was an 8-
in the aforesaid categories. They were directed to visit page step-by-step guide, containing several coloured
these homes to distribute and collect form 12-D. More sketches. Published in English and Hindi, it was highly
than 12 lakh forms were distributed and subsequently, useful for voters and elec on officers alike.

Polling officials visited homes of each eligible voter who opted for Postal Ballot, ensuring integrity of the ballot, and adequate COVID-safety precautions

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