Training for the polling officers, including presiding and assistant presiding officers, who have been appointed for the elections to Mysuru Lok Sabha constituency scheduled on April 26, was held here on Sunday.
This was the first stage of training for the officers since the elections were announced. The training will also be held on Monday.
Each booth will have four polling staff and Mysuru district has 2,925 polling booths. For the elections, 3,783 control units, 3,784 ballot units, and 4,077 VVPATs had been provided to Mysuru. The machines were sent to the respective assembly constituencies after the randomisation process. The machines are in safe custody in the strong rooms in the respective constituencies, the office of the Deputy Commissioner had said.
