Micro Observer, Election, 2024
Sagar Watch News/ To ensure free, fair and peaceful Lok Sabha elections, the Election Commission of India has given instructions to deploy micro observers at every critical booth, besides keeping an eye on it through webcasting or CC TV cameras.
As one of the non-CAPF (Central Armed Police Forces) measures, micro observers may also be deployed at important polling stations on the polling day.
Micro observers will keep an eye on every activity on the polling day at critical booths. His job is to see that the election process is conducted in a fair and independent manner and that the voting process is not corrupted.
According to the Election Commission, Micro Observers will be in constant touch with the General Observer appointed by the Election Commission on the day of polling and will directly inform the General Observer through mobile phone or wireless or any other means of communication about every activity that may affect the voting.
After the end of voting, the micro observers will submit their report in the prescribed format in a sealed envelope to the general observers only.
The Election Commission of India has said that employees of the Central Government or Central Government Undertakings can be made Micro Observers. These employees will not be below Group C. Such employees can be appointed as micro observers at polling stations in the district of their residence.
In a situation where sufficient number of Central Government or Central Government Undertaking employees are not available to be appointed as Micro Observers in the district, then Government of India or Central Undertaking employees posted in neighboring districts can be made Micro Observers.
According to the Election Commission, micro observers will be given detailed training about voting related rules and procedures. They will also be trained about the tasks of observation that are expected of them and the method of report that they are expected to submit.
The Commission has said that micro observers will have to reach the polling stations 90 minutes before the polling day. Micro Observers will keep an eye on the preparations for voting at the polling stations, the facilities available at the polling stations and the entire process from the mock poll to the start and end of the actual polling.
According to the Election Commission, while deploying micro observers at critical booths, it should be kept in mind that instead of the constituency in which they are residents, they should be deployed in another constituency.
Like polling personnel, deployment of micro observers at polling stations will also be done through the process of randomization. They will also be given the facility to vote through postal ballot or election duty certificate.
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