SHILLONG, MAY 10: State Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) F. R. Kharkongor visited Ampati on Wednesday and held a meeting with the district administration and district election machinery to review the level of preparedness for the upcoming by-election to the 53-Ampati Assembly Constituency.
He was accompanied by Additional CEO, T. Lyngwa and Senior Systems Engineer, Jeffrey Nongrum during the two-day visit. South West Garo Hills Deputy Commissioner & District Election Officer in-charge, H.D.B. Sangma, Additional Deputy Commissioner, D.D.Shira, District Police chief, Bobby W. Momin, other district officials, sector officers and police sector officers were also present during the review meeting.
While expressing his satisfaction on the overall preparedness for the by-election, the Chief Electoral Officer recalled that one of the main reasons for the glitches during the last general elections and the recently concluded election in Williamnagar was that some presiding officers had failed to clear the data from EVMs/VVPATs after the mock polls. He therefore reiterated that the data collected in the EVMs and VVPATs during the trainings and after mock polls must be cleared before the actual voting begins. In this connection he also asked the sector officers to send SMS to the presiding officers under their respective sectors as a reminder to clear data from their EVMs.
Earlier the District Election Officer in charge H.D.B. Sangma highlighted in detail the preparations and ground work done for the smooth conduct of the by-election, while SP, Ampati, Bobby W. Momin informed of the security measures taken by the District Police to ensure free and fair election. Challenges like uncertain weather conditions, fund constraints and poor network connectivity in some areas of the constituency were also discussed during the meeting.
On Thursday, the Chief Electoral Officer and his team also visited some of the polling stations within the constituency, including the model polling station, special polling station, remotest polling station and those polling stations falling along the inter-state boundary with Assam.
Meanwhile, the first round of training for the polling personnel in connection with the ensuing Ampati by-election has begun on Thursday.
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