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State of Odisha - Section

Section 57G in The Orissa Municipal Delimitation of Wards, Reservation of Seats and Conduct of Election Rules, 1994

57G. Voting by a voter on duty at another polling station.

(1)A [Presiding Officer] [Substituted vide O.G.E. No. 1106 dated 7.6.2008.] or Polling Agent who being entitled to cast his vote in the ward is duly appointed or authorised for duty at a polling station at which he is not ordinarily entitled to record his vote may apply to the Election Officer concerned for a certificate entitling him to record his vote at the polling station where he is employed. The said certificate shall be in Form XVII :Provided that if a [Presiding Officer] [Substituted vide O.G.E. No. 1106 dated 7.6.2008.] or Polling Agent is on duty at a polling station which is not in the ward in which he is entitled to record his vote, the Election Officer shall in addition to the certificate mentioned above, furnish the [Presiding Officer] [Substituted vide O.G.E. No. 1106 dated 7.6.2008.] concerned with particulars regarding the name and serial number and symbol assigned to the candidate standing for election in that ward and also with a ballot paper which shall be of such design and the particulars of which shall be in such language or languages as the Election Commission may specify.
(2)A person in possession of a certificate in the form provided under Sub-rule (1) shall deliver the same to the [Presiding Officer] [Substituted vide O.G.E. No. 1106 dated 7.6.2008.], who shall-
(i)if the polling station at which person is on duty, be in the same Ward or as the one in which he is entitled to vote permit him to record his vote in the same manner as for an elector entitled to vote at the polling station;
(ii)if the polling station at which the person is on duty is not in the Ward in which he is entitled to vote, the [Presiding Officer] [Substituted vide O.G.E. No. 1106 dated 7.6.2008.] shall issue the ballot paper and allow the elector to record his vote in accordance with the certificate issued by the Election Officer;
(iii)the [Presiding Officer] [Substituted vide O.G.E. No. 1106 dated 7.6.2008.] shall make separate packets for each Ward putting inside it. The envelope containing the ballot papers in which votes have been so recorded, the connected certificates being fastened to the envelopes, seal up each such packet in the manner specified in the Rule 57-K and forward the same to the Election Officer.