Hey all many states are going to polls today and i am just back after exercising my democratic right.
Coming to the point i just said "I VOTE FOR NOBODY" and used 49-O provision and voted for nobody. The steps are very simple.
1. Have your the required ID card. ( Get the booth slip if possible would make life easy for the agents)
2. Say to the officer " I VOTE NOBODY". I am not interested in voting.
IF the officer agrees
3. Sign the register. The agent will write 49-O in the remarks column and the make a mark in the list.
DONE. Thats it.
Why the "IF" ??
In my case the agent asked me WHY? yu want to use 49-O and i naturally replied i am not interested. Then he briefed me about the procedures he has to go through if someone opted for 49-O. Seems he has to fill in a form or two. He asked me not to vote and go back. He assured me that no one else would vote in my name and he can guarantee that. I told him i need to register my vote and in the end he reluctantly agreed.
In the end i put my signature against my name where 49-O was written clearly in the Remarks column. I had a sense of achievement in me. I wonder why!!
I am not blaming the polling officer. It is understandable from his point. If only the govt makes the procedures simple enough. The other thing is every one in the polling booth will know that I am opting for 49-O. It is public. No more a Secret.
The advantage of 49-O is that if a candidate wins by 300 votes and there are 300 people who have opted for 49-O then his win is ruled out. I really feel this could make a huge difference if only we can spread awareness about this.
Coming to the point i just said "I VOTE FOR NOBODY" and used 49-O provision and voted for nobody. The steps are very simple.
1. Have your the required ID card. ( Get the booth slip if possible would make life easy for the agents)
2. Say to the officer " I VOTE NOBODY". I am not interested in voting.
IF the officer agrees
3. Sign the register. The agent will write 49-O in the remarks column and the make a mark in the list.
DONE. Thats it.
Why the "IF" ??
In my case the agent asked me WHY? yu want to use 49-O and i naturally replied i am not interested. Then he briefed me about the procedures he has to go through if someone opted for 49-O. Seems he has to fill in a form or two. He asked me not to vote and go back. He assured me that no one else would vote in my name and he can guarantee that. I told him i need to register my vote and in the end he reluctantly agreed.
In the end i put my signature against my name where 49-O was written clearly in the Remarks column. I had a sense of achievement in me. I wonder why!!
I am not blaming the polling officer. It is understandable from his point. If only the govt makes the procedures simple enough. The other thing is every one in the polling booth will know that I am opting for 49-O. It is public. No more a Secret.
The advantage of 49-O is that if a candidate wins by 300 votes and there are 300 people who have opted for 49-O then his win is ruled out. I really feel this could make a huge difference if only we can spread awareness about this.
good job Sethu :)
ReplyDelete- Yamini
Hey there is no concept of repolling!!
ReplyDeleteRead this doc to get complete info on 49-O
eci.nic.in/eci_main/press/current/pn051208.pdf