Questionnaire :

Q1. Visit to the elections division’s office at the taluka and district level and write answers to the questionnaire:

(1) Name of the office.

(2) What is the designation of the chief at this office?

(3) What are the different duties performed by this office?

(4) Who directs the work carried out in the election division?

(5) Which are the various elections conducted through this office?

(6) From where do they get the additional manpower required during the election?

(7) How many days prior to election is the notice given?

(8) Who does the work of enlisting new voters and updating the electoral lists?

(9) Who conducts the training programmes for the elections? 

(10) Which are the licenses issued by the office during elections? 

(11) How many people are appointed at the polling centre during voting? 

(12) When is the voting of officials appointed for election duty taken? How?

(13) What are the timings of the voting? 

(14) Is the timing of voting extended under special circumstances? 

(15) What efforts are taken to make the process of voting transparent? 

(16) Tell the advantages /disadvantages of voting machine. (EVM) 

(17) How are voting machines obtained? 

(18) Since when are the voting machines being used? 

(19) What action needs to be taken if the voting machine becomes faulty? 

(20) How was voting conducted earlier? 

(21) The Code of Conduct is applicable for how many days before and after the elections? 

(22) Which departments do you seek help from to conduct the elections? 

(23) In which circumstances are by-elections held?

(24) What do you do if the candidates get equal votes? 

(25) Who declares the end result of the election in public? 

(26) Does the office maintain records of the earlier elections? 

(27) Do you issue certificates to the elected candidates? Who signs these certificates?

Report –Writing:

Q2. After you collect information from the office you visited, you have to write a report. You can use the maps, tables and layouts, graphs, pictures and photographs for the same. 

Write a report as per the following points.

(1) Introduction

(2) Personnel working in the office

(3) Nature of work in the office’

(4) Problems encountered/Solutions

(5) Acknowledgement

(6) List of references

Present the report in class either in individually or in a group.