1. 1. Ongoing Special Summary revision w.r.t 1-1-2019 as qualifying date
Interaction with Students of ICT Schools through CEO J&K 0n at 2.15 pm onwards Target audience students of Class 9th to 12th
1. Ongoing Special Summary revision w.r.t as qualifying date
2. Establishment / Launch of electoral literacy Clubs in 6 districts
3. 8th National Voters Day ---Celebration at places including Schools

2. Ongoing Special Summary revision w.r.t 1-1-2019 as qualifying date
Special Summary Revision :- Draft roll has been published at the polling stations across the state on 1st September, for receiving Claims and Objections.
Any one who attained the 18 years of age as on is eligible to become the new voter.
Appeal to all of you if you have turned 18 as on you can register yourself as voter.
Three more days left to get registered if you are 18 & above and not enrolled yet
Help your family members, friends, relatives, neighbours and familiar people in getting enrolled as voter if not registered so far.
Please visit an online portal for registration/addition, deletion, modification, transposition (within)
The ingoing SSR is culminating on 23rd December, 2018 as far as receipt of Claims and Objections is concerned . The final publication Electoral Roll is 23rd January, 2019 and after that the Continuous updation of electoral will begin .More opportunities to get enrolled if leftout by any reason.

3. Launch of ELCs in 06 Districts
What are ELCs :- An Electoral Literacy Club is a platform to engage school students through interesting activities and hands-on experience to sensitise them on their electoral rights and familiarise them with the electoral process of registration and voting.  
At ELCs, learning meets fun. Activities and Games are designed to stimulate and motivate students provoking them to think and ask questions.
Through ELC, Election Commission of India, aims at strengthening the culture of electoral participation among young and future voters.
Who shall be the members of ELCs :- ELCs have to be formed in Schools (HSS/HS only) Students from Class IX – XII; year old.
Launch of ELCs in 6 districts (Jammu, Samba, Katha, Resay, Udhampur, Rajouri & Poonch) today
3000 to 3500 hundred students are attending today and will participate in ELCs .

4. Electoral literacy Clubs
What shall we do in ELCs
In the ELCs, members will be part of interesting and thought-provoking, mostly classroom based activities and games. There are around 25 such activities and 6 games which have been carefully designed to impart specific learning which will help them to become an ‘Empowered (Prospective) Voter’.
How can a School/College enrol for the ELC?
The School/College can approach the following:
Deputy Commissioner /District Election Officer (DEO)
Electoral Registration Officer(ERO)
ELC Resources
The activities and games developed under the ELC project have been
given to districts including all resource material to these six districts.

5. Target Audience (Future Voters) Electoral Literacy Clubs
in Secondary & Senior Secondary Schools
(Future Voters)
Target Audience

6. Main Objectives Principle of Inclusion to be integral to ELCs
Educate target population about voter registration, electoral process and related matters by engaging them in hands on experience
EVM and VVPAT familiarization and education about robustness and integrity of the electoral process using EVMs
To harness the potential of ELC members for carrying out electoral literacy in communities
ELCs will facilitate voter registration for its members as they become 18
Principle of Inclusion to be integral to ELCs

7. Expected outcomes
Target audience aware of what, how, when and where of electoral process i.e. registration and voting in election.
Target audience understand the value of their vote and the sanctity of ‘secrecy of vote’.
Target audience aware of the working and robustness and non-tamperability of the EVM and the function of VVPAT.
Increase in registration among the target audience and specifically higher EP ratio in the year age cohort.
Overall increase in voter turnout in elections.

8. Types of ELCs(Electoral literacy Clubs)
S.No
Type of ELCs
Class/Department
Remarks
01.
ELCs
Future Voters
9th to 12 Standard
HS/HSS
For class 9th to 12th Standard
02.
New Voters
College Students (Part I, II, & III)
Colleges, University all other educational institutions including professional and technical educational in Communities for youth who are not a part of institutions.
03.
Chanav Paathshala
Polling Stations
For all categories especially for drop outs.
04.
Voters Awareness Forums (VAFS)
Govt./ Semi Govt. Organisations etc.
In Govt. Deptt., Organisations , Autonomous bodies, Semi Govt & non-govt. & private sector.

9. ELC in Schools (9th to 12th) (Future Voters)
ELCs will be set up in each school and have students of Class IX-XII as members.
One or two teachers will act as the Nodal Officers and Mentors for the ELC and shall have the following role:
Coordinating with DEO’s office for receipt of ELC resources.
Facilitating training of Teachers on specific Resources/Tools.
Facilitate the enrollment for the students of Class XII when they become eligible
Class Teacher or identified Teacher shall conduct the activities of the ELC.

10. No of HSS/HS under ICT identified (Jammu Division)
S.no
Name of District
No of HS/HSS
No of ELCs per School to be established at initial stages
Target
No of ELCs to be established
02 activities per week
01.
Reasi 12 02 24
02.
Udhampur 27 54
03.
Jammu 59
118
04.
Samba 20 40
05.
Kathua 23 46
06.
Poonch 67
134
07.
Rajouri 31 62
MODEL HSS/HS to be adopted by CEO J&K
01.
Govt. Girls Higher Secondary School Mubark Mandi
To be adopted by CEO
Jammu
02.
Govt. Girls Higher Secondary School Shastri Nagar Jammu
To be adopted by CEO J&K

11. DEMOCRACY WALL

12. State Committee on Electoral Literacy (SCEL)
Under the Chairmanship of CEO J&K a team constituted as SCEL as per Commission’s directions to supervise the state.
It will supervise the planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the programme.
Similarly District Committee on Electoral Literacy (DCEL) to be set up under DEO as Chairman by all districts to monitor and ensure the conduct of activities in schools.

13. 9th National Voters Day
9 th National Voters Day is being celebrated across the country including in the state of Jammu & Kashmir on 25th January 2019
Why it is celebrated on 25th ? 25th January is also the foundation day of the Commission, which came into being on this day in 1950.
ELC Future Voters in schools shall celebrate NVD as given in the Resource Books in all schools
Proud to be a Voter - Ready to Vote
Before NVD all schools will organise activities like quiz, competitions on painting , rallies, debates, symposiums etc.

14. THEME OF THE YEAR
ACCESSIBLE ELECTIONS

15. Thank You

16. PollStar Election Monitoring Command and Control Prepared for CEO, Jammu & Kashmir ver 1.2, Nov 2018

17. PollStar: Overview
PollStar enables monitoring of activity at polling booths during elections
This quick response system captures feedback from Presiding Officers (PO)
Information is conveyed to the chain of command

18. PollStar: Architecture
Election officers monitoring live polling process over the Internet
Internet
Polling Officers
on duty in Polling Booths
PollStar
Designed for high reliability and scalability
Telco Voice Infra

19. PollStar: Functions Data Collection through Data Validation
Smartphone app
Dial-out and/or dial-in voice calls
Data Validation
Check for range (“1” to “1,999”)
Check against pre-set values (“1” or “2”)
Data Presentation
Secure webpage with login credentials
Graphical and text based representation of results
Geographical map-view of receipt of entries
Calculations such as percentage, average, total, difference, etc.
Edit option for administrative users
Privilege-based access to specific reports

20. The Process Internet Telecom Network
PO receives the question on PollStar mobile app
PO enters the response in the app
App validates and sends the data.
Internet
Results are captured and presented over a web interface
If internet connectivity fails or if PO has a feature phone
A question is played to the PO as a voice message
PO enters the answer using the keypad
Telecom Network
A call is made to the PO’s phone

21. Questions Numeric Value Yes or No
Response to Questions are of two types:
Numeric Value
Example: Please enter the 11 a.m. vote count
Answer is a number
Yes or No
Example: Has the polling team arrived at the Polling Station?
Possible answers are: 1 for Yes or 2 for No

22. Questions Pre-poll day Poll day Pre-poll day and Poll day questions:
Example: “Is the Polling Station Set-up ready?”
Possible answers are: “1” for Yes or “2” for No
Poll day
Examples:
“Has polling started in your polling station?” Possible answers are: “1” for Yes or “2” for No
“Enter the 9 a.m. vote count”
Answer is a number

23. PollStar: Sample QuestionsNo
Question
Response
Pre-poll day 1
Please enter your Polling Station number
(Number) 2
Has the Polling Team arrived at the Polling Station?
Yes – 1, No - 2 3
Is the Polling Station setup ready?
Poll day 4
Has mock poll been conducted? 5
Is EVM/VVPAT reset after mock poll? 6
Has Polling started? 7
Enter the votes polled at 09:00 Hrs, 11:00 Hrs, 13:00 Hrs, 15:00 Hrs, and 17:00 Hrs
(Vote Count) 8
Enter the number of voters in Queue at 17:00 Hrs
(Enter count) 9
Has the poll closed? 10
Enter the final total votes polled 11
Enter the final total Male votes polled 12
Enter the final total Female votes polled 13
Are the election materials sealed and packed?

24. PollStar App: Receiving questions1
Please enter your polling station number
At the scheduled time, the App prompts the PO to answer a question

25. Poll Star App: Answering the question2
Please enter your polling station number
PO enters the response
The app sends the response to the PollStar server via the internet

26. PollStar App: Reviewing sent responses3
Answered questions are displayed in the “Sent” tab
If the response is sent successfully, a double tick will appear next to the response.

27. If the response is not received or if the app is not installed in the phone… A phone call is made to the PO

28. Phone call: Receiving the call4
Election Commission
040-2XXXXXXX
Election Comm
040- 2XXXXXXX
calling…
PO receives a phone call
PO answers the call

29. Phone call: Answering the question5
Election Commission
044-2XXXXXXX
Election Comm
0402XXXXXXX
00:30
PO listens to the question
PO uses the ‘keypad’ to enter the response
Reponses can be of two types:
Yes / No : (Press 1 for Yes and 2 for No)
Number

30. PollStar Helpline
If the call is missed or an invalid entry is made, POs may dial the same number from which they received the call within 30 minutes. They can then listen to the question again and provide a response.
DSNL also provides an optional generic PollStar Helpline number. Support is offered by a team of specialists.

31. Reports & Monitoring
Live analytical reports available on a secure web link:
Reports can be customized
Only a regular web browser is required
Login user ids/passwords shall be provided to authorized users in the offices of the CEO/DEOs/ROs

32. Poll Monitoring – data compilation and calculation
Received values are compiled to present appropriate reports:
Data received from individual Polling Stations may be compiled to present
Constituency-wise summary
RO-level users can view data for specific Constituency
District-wise summary
DEO-level users can view data for the specific district
State-wise summary
CEO-level users can view data for the entire State
Polling Station readiness and poll process updates on pre-poll and poll days
Percentage of voting at specific times on poll days

33. Poll Monitoring –presentation of data
District-wise report
This can show the list of Polling Stations or Constituencies
22. Nalgonda District
Refresh
Updated: 07/12/18, 10:12 a.m.
Download report
Polling Station
Constituency
09:00
11:00
13:00
15:00
17:00
Close of poll: Total
Close of poll: Male
Close of poll: Female
Map View
PS readiness data
Pre-poll day data
1. Godukondla
86. Devarakonda
32% (466 /1,455) …
View
Details
285. Kasanagodu
95. Nakrekal
34% (408 /1,200)

34. Poll Monitoring –presentation of data
Constituency-wise report:
18. Nizamabad (Rural)
Refresh
Updated: 07/12/18, 10:12 a.m.
Download report
Polling Station
09:00
11:00
13:00
15:00
17:00
Close of poll: Total
Close of poll: Male
Close of poll: Female
Map View
PS readiness data
Pre-poll day data
1. Mandal parishad Primary School Palda
32% (466 /1,455) …
View
Details
272. Zilla Parishad High School, Tatipalli
34% (408 /1,200)

35. Poll Monitoring –presentation of data
Pre-poll day details:
23. Ramagundam
Refresh
Updated: 07/12/18, 09:42 a.m.
Download report
Polling Station
Polling Station Number
Polling Team arrived?
Is Polling Station Ready?
1. Vemnoor 1
Yes No …
262. Kukkala Gudur
262

36. Poll Monitoring –presentation of data
Polling Station Readiness on Polling Day:
23. Ramagundam
Refresh
Updated: 07/12/18, 05:28 p.m.
Download report
Polling Station
Ready for Mock Poll?
Mock Poll Conducted?
Is EVM reset?
Has Polling Started?
Has Polling ended?
Is Polling Material sealed?
1. Vemnoor
Yes No …
253. Kukkala Gudur

37. Poll Monitoring –presentation of data
Map View showing responses for the last question asked
46. Kukatpally
Updated: 07/12/18, 11:12 a.m.
Refresh

38. Poll Monitoring – Additional Features
Use of alternate numbers
1st Polling Officer/BLO
Can be used when no response is received from PO
Editing of entries
Select users may be provided with editing rights:
To correct invalid entries
To manually add entries that are received through other means from Polling Stations
All other users will have view-only rights
Post-poll reports on call data can be shared with the CEO’s office for offline analysis

39. PollStar: Optional additional services
On-site Technical Specialist
For co-ordination between the CEO’s office and back-end operations team
SMS alerts
To intimate POs of upcoming questions, sent 30 minutes before each question
Training support
Training documents: presentations and hand-outs
Mock calls during training sessions
Operator assistance
For PollStar related queries and support
Dedicated set of phone numbers
Operational on days when PollStar is active

40. Thank you