Preparations to deploy polling officers

KATHMANDU: MAY. 8 – Preparations are underway to deploy polling officers and assistant polling officers in the district for the May 13 local elections.

Polling and assistant polling officers are being deployed in 297 polling stations of 136 polling booths in the district.

Preparations have thus been made to train them and send them to their respective polling stations, according to the Office of the Chief Returning Officer, Tanahu.

Chief of the District Election Office, Tanahun, Hari Prasad Dhakal said that training was provided to 297 polling officers and 297 assistant polling officers on Friday and Saturday.

The Office of the Chief Returning Officer has published the list of polling officers, assistant polling officers, assistants and office assistants to be posted in all polling stations on Saturday.

Appointment letters, ballot papers and necessary election materials would be handed over to the polling staff before they leave for their respective duty station.

Chief Returning Officer Harish Chandra Dhungana said that the election staff should fulfill their responsibilities impartially. He urged the people to pay attention to the conduct of the election and abide by the code of conduct.

Likewise, Chief District Officer Bishwa Prakash Aryal said that the security situation has been strengthened to make the election free and fair while urging the people to participate in the election with confidence. The polling stations have been classified as highly sensitive, sensitive and general, while security arrangements have been made accordingly, said CDO Aryal.

The training provides information on legal, practical and theoretical aspects of the local level election. It also outlined information on the work to be done before and after reaching the polling station, how to send the voters to cast their votes inside, how to bring them out safely after casting their votes, and what to do after the election.

A total of 2,376 personnel including polling officers, assistant polling officers, office assistant and others will be mobilized in the polling stations of the district.

There will be 297 polling officers, 297 assistant polling officers, 594 assistants and 297 helpers to be mobilized for the election in the district. Another 891 staff have been appointed in the polling stations.

A total of 244,340 voters are eligible to vote in the near-coming local level elections.