Yupia, May 29: The final phase of training for counting supervisors, counting assistants and tabulation supervisors was conducted at the ZPC Hall, Yupia on Wednesday.
SLMT EAC Dana Unna, EAC Takam Nicholas, ARO 15 Sagalee Khoda Rakhee and the election officials imparted the training.
The trainers presented detail insights on the counting procedure including reading the vote counts on the CU and VVPAT, counting of the ETPBS and Postal ballots, procedure to tally the votes with the presiding officer’s report and the CU and compilation of the vote counts.
The Trainers also imparted hands on training on counting the votes in CU and the voter slips in the VVPAT and also demonstrated how to count the postal ballots.
The criteria for acceptance and rejection of the postal ballots were also elaborately highlighted to the officials.
DEO Jiken Bomjen while attending the training appreciated the efforts and resilience of the officers on election duties and urged all to give their best to the last stage of the election process.
The training concluded with an interactive session between the Trainers and the officials.