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Panjab University leaves nothing to chance for senate poll
Tele-call centre to respond to queries, observers for surprise checks, videography of the polling process and multi-coloured 3D holograms on the ballot papers. This is the check list prepared by Panjab University (PU) election advisory committee, for the upcoming senate election
Tele-call centre to respond to queries, observers for surprise checks, videography of the polling process and multi-coloured 3D holograms on the ballot papers. This is the check list prepared by Panjab University (PU) election advisory committee, for the upcoming senate election.
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Registrar-cum-returning officer for the elections, Col GS Chadha (retd) gave this information on Friday, while briefing the media about various new initiatives being undertaken by the varsity for the conduct of free, fair and transparent Senate election.
Col Chadha stated that the polling process would be live streamed from the sensitive polling stations where pre-polling booth inspection of hyper sensitive and sensitive booths will also be conducted.
Election advisory panel formed
Election advisory committee has been constituted and a meeting was held here on Friday. The committee consists of retired Punjab chief election commissioner VK Singh, ex-registrars of PU and professors of PU and persons from neighbouring institutions of higher education.
Chadha added that varsity has also decided to appoint observers to carry out surprise checks during the polling hours and if any irregularity is reported, polling booth would be cancelled and a re-poll would be ordered.
Also, some special features for ballot papers have been introduced, which includes multi-colored 3D holograms, water marks, hidden marks on the ballot papers.
For this election, PU has sought help from Punjab administration and police of states where election will be held for maintaining law and order and for accommodation of polling parties.
Col Chadha informed the polling for the senate elections will be held in various phases. While some elections have already been conducted and the next phase of the elections for principal/staff of technical colleges would be held on September 12.
Another phase of the senate elections would be held on September 19 to elect PU fellow from the varsity teaching departments’ professors and associate/assistant professors constituency. The final phase of the elections would be for registered graduate constituency on September 25, from 8am to 5pm at 270 polling booths spread over in Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan and Delhi.
This year, a total of 3.21 lakh registered voters will be voting to elect the 15 senators for the 2016 senate. The elections for heads and professors/ associate professors of affiliated Arts Colleges constituencies would also be conducted on the same day to elect eight representatives from heads and professors/associate professors constituencies.
He informed that 35,931 voters have been enrolled in year 2016 and 2.85 lakh were registered earlier.
