The Hindu 09.09.2016
Guidelines for appointing civic poll officers issued
The Tamil Nadu State Election Commission has issued
guidelines that District Electoral Officers need to follow while
appointing officers for the local body polls. Those involved in
elections should not be part of the same local body, it said. In
Municipal Corporations, those working in a zone should not be involved
for electoral work in the same zone.
While choosing
employees, those known to have associated with a political party or to
the candidate should not be involved in electoral work. In case a
relative of the employee was contesting, the employee should not be
posted in the same local body.
Mostly
those in essential services such as police, health, electricity, water
supply, dairy farms have been exempted from being appointed as polling
officers. One or more woman polling officer should be involved in
booths, the poll commission stated.
