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'Overslept': Kerala poll officer turns up late for duty
A polling officer in Kerala's Alappuzha failed to turn up on time at his post for Tuesday's Assembly elections, with the excuse that he had overslept. This incident occurred at a booth at Thalavady in Alappuzha.
According to rules, all poll officials had to conduct a mock poll at 5.30 a.m. and commence polling at 7 a.m.
But at this polling booth, a key poll official was absent, and the authorities were unable to contact him. Proceedings eventually started after a reserve poll official took over the missing officer's duties.