Voters to be provided disposable gloves while pressing EVM button

Feb. 28: The Election Commission has released a set of guidelines to be followed during the forthcoming assembly elections which will be held amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Owing to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has sent instructions to provide each voter with gloves while pressing the button in the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) during the upcoming Assembly elections.

As per the recent guidelines sent by the Election Commission of India on 26 February, 2021, disposable single-use gloves to be given to each voter to be used in one hand at the time of touching the EVM for casting his or her vote. The guidelines mentioned, “Hand gloves shall be provided to the voter, for signing on the voter
register and pressing button of EVM for voting. ” Also, Face Masks in reserves for those electors who are not carrying the mask will be kept.

Further, Thermal Checking of voters at entry point of polling station location /Polling station, either by polling staff or Para Medical staff or Asha worker. If temperature is above the set norms of MoHFW at first reading, then it will be checked twice and if it remains, then the elector shall be provided with token/ certificate and will be asked to come for voting at the last hour of poll. At the last hour of poll, such electors shall be facilitated voting, strictly following COVID-19 related preventive measures.