(1) Every Ballot box! electronic voting machine shall be of such design as may be Ballot box/ used at any election to the Legislative Assembly of Arunachal Pradesh. electronic Voting machine and preparation of it for poll.
(2) A paper seal shall be used for securing a ballot box/ electronic voting machine and the Presiding Officer shall affix his own signature and obtain thereon the signatures of the candidates or of such of the polling agents as are present and desirous of affixing the same. The paper seal shall be of such design as may be prescribed by the State Election Commission.
(3) The Presiding Officer shall thereafter fix the paper seal in the space meant therefore in the ballot box/ electronic voting machine and shall then secure and seal the box in such manner that the slit for insertion of ballot paper therein remains open.
(4) Every ballot box/ electronic voting machine used at a polling station shall bear labels, both inside and outside and marked with :-
(a) the serial number and the name of the ward;
(b) the serial number and the name of polling station;
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(c) the serial number of the ballot box! electronic voting machine (to be filled in at the end of the label on the outside of the ballot box! electronic voting machine only) ; and
(d) the date of poll.
(5) Immediately before the commencement of the poll, the Presiding Officer shall demonstrate to the candidates and polling agents and other persons present that the ballot box/ electronic voting machine is empty and bears the labels referred to in sub-rule (4).
(6) The ballot box! electronic voting machine shall then be closed, sealed and secured and placed in full view of the Presiding Officer, the candidates and the polling agents.
Facilities for 42. (1) Where a Polling Station is for both men and women voters, the Presiding Officer women electors. may direct that they shall be admitted in the polling station alternatively in separate batches.
Form of ballot papers.
(2) The Presiding Officer may appoint a woman to serve as an attendant at any polling station to assist women voters and the Presiding Officer in taking the poll and in particular to help in searching any woman voter in case it becomes necessary.