The district election machinery led by District Election Officer (DEO) and Collector Archana Patnaik has decided to deploy Central Paramilitary Force personnel in all vulnerable and sensitive booths.
According to sources, the administration took the decision to deploy the personnel at a meeting the DEO had held with returning officers, assistant returning officers and other poll personnel in the presence of Election Commission observers.
The Election Commission mandates that in vulnerable and sensitive booths, the election officers deploy Central Paramilitary Force personnel or post micro-observers or do web-casting of polling or mandate presiding officers to record all events in the booth in a logbook.
While the Commission had mandated only one of the four, the administration decided to deploy the personnel and also post micro observer to be on the safer side.
Vulnerable booths are those that are prone to human-animal conflict and other challenges, and, critical booths are those where polling in favour a party or candidate had been over 75 percent in the last election.
According to sources, the administration took the decision to deploy the personnel at a meeting the DEO had held with returning officers, assistant returning officers and other poll personnel in the presence of Election Commission observers.
The Election Commission mandates that in vulnerable and sensitive booths, the election officers deploy Central Paramilitary Force personnel or post micro-observers or do web-casting of polling or mandate presiding officers to record all events in the booth in a logbook.
While the Commission had mandated only one of the four, the administration decided to deploy the personnel and also post micro observer to be on the safer side.
Vulnerable booths are those that are prone to human-animal conflict and other challenges, and, critical booths are those where polling in favour a party or candidate had been over 75 percent in the last election.