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Tuesday, May 09, 2006

Elections - Our Right to Vote Or Is It ?

Negative / neutral voting: The Commission has received proposals from a very large number of individuals and organizations that there should be provision enabling a voter to reject all the candidates in the constituency if he does not find them suitable. In the voting using the conventional ballot paper and ballot boxes, an elector can drop the ballot paper without marking his vote against any of the candidates, if he chooses so. However, in the voting using the Electronic Voting Machines, such a facility is not available to the voter. Although, Rule 49 O of the Conduct of Election Rules, 1961 provides that an elector may refuse to vote after he has been identified and necessary entries made in the Register of Electors and the marked copy of the electoral roll, the secrecy of voting is not protected here inasmuch as the polling officials and the polling agents in the polling station get to know about the decision of such a voter.
-Election Commission of India
I hope the above paragraph explains the whole motive of putting it here... How come we spend half of our life critisizing the politicians and finding fault with others but nobody ever says anything about the Rule 49 O ????
At times we feel we are not satisfied with any of the candidates contesting the elections... then how come we never protest when we donot find the 'None of the Above' button on the electronic voting machine...???
What i feel is the law is being broken by not providing the proper means by which the voter can exercise his right of not voting to anyone...
I don't know what others feel though...

Keywords: Vote, Election, Ballot, Secret, Polling, Rules, Government, India, Commission

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Your peculiar point of view is very interesting, Abhishek. And also I agree in some points with you, we're used to be strongly critical and same time be comodist to mk it woth our rights. And our way to react to actions is also confused in the current system.

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