The Office of the District Election Officer, Ri-Bhoi District organized a meeting with contesting candidates and their agents today in the presence of ECI assigned general observers, K. Veera Raghava Rao and Narendra Kumar Dugga along with the District Election Officer, Superintendent of Police, Returning Officers and the Assistant Returning Officers of the various assembly constituencies in the district.
The meeting began with the second randomization of EVMs and VVPATs and upon completion, the list of randomized EVMs/VVPATs allotted Polling Station wise including the Reserve list of EVMs/VVPATs AC wise and also a list of EVMs/VVPATs used for training was shared with all contesting candidates/election agents.
This was followed by presentations on the Model Code of Conduct (MCC), publishing of criminal antecedents of contesting candidates and the various acts against corrupt practices under the Representation of Peoples Act, 1951.
A demonstration of the SUVIDHA app was also carried out along with a presentation on expenditure monitoring.
Training was also imparted on the cVIGIL app which allows citizens to report MCC violations during the elections.
The general observers had stressed on the effective utilization of the cVIGIL app in order to ensure a just election.
Later in the day, another meeting with the Zonal Magistrates, Sector Officers and Sector Police Officers was organised at the Science Hall, Nongpoh.
The meeting was chaired by the general observers and police observer, Ranjit Kumar Mishra.
The observers emphasized on coordination, area domination, familiarity of their respective areas, AMF status of polling stations, requirements on poll day, hands-on training of EVM machines and also on the effective utilization of the cVIGIL app.
