Polling booth rules and regulations

Rules for Polling Booths in India

India elections polling booth rules and regulations on what you can carry and what you can't.

What you can carry inside Polling Booth:

Identity cards that can be produced at voting time:

• Voter ID Card
• Passport
• Driving Licence
• PAN Card
• Identity cards issued by state/central Govt, PSUs, local bodies or public limited companies with photographs.
• Passbooks issued by public sector banks/post office and kisan passbooks with photo (only for accounts opened up to 29th Feb 2009)
• SC/ST/OBC certificate with photo
• Pension documents
• Freedom fighter identity card
• Arms licence ( issued up to 29th Feb 2009)
• Physical handicap certificate
• Job cards issued by NREGA with photo
• Health insurance schemes Smart Cards with phoro
• Ration Card

What you can't carry:

• Any firearms or any kind of weapons can't be carried inside a polling booth.
• Mobile phones
• Mediapersons are not allowed to click pictures or shoot videos inside a polling booth.

Inside the polling booth:

• The first polling officer will check your identity
• The second officer will put ink mark on your finger, and
• The third officer will allow you into the ballot casting area

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