The Election Commission of India has revised the rules for appointing polling agents at booths.
- As per the new regulations, a political party can now nominate a polling agent for any booth within the assembly segment he/she is a voter from. It means, any voter from within an Assembly constituency can be a polling agent of any booth within that constituency.
- Earlier, the polling agent had to be a voter of the booth or an adjoining booth that he/she is working at.
- The Election Commission allows a candidate to appoint a polling agent as a candidate’s representative who keeps an eye on the voting process.
- He attends the demonstrations arranged by the Returning Officer, where the functioning and operation of these machines are explained.
