Did you know that there is a system in our constitution, as per the 1969 act, in section "49-O" that a person can go to the polling booth, confirm his identity, get his finger marked and convey the presiding election officer that he doesn't want to vote anyone!
Yes! such a feature is available, but obviously these seemingly notorious leaders have never disclosed it. This is called "49-O".
Why should you go and say "I VOTE NOBODY"...
Because, in a ward, if a candidate wins, say by 123 votes, and that particular ward has received "49-O" votes more than 123, then that polling will be cancelled and will have to be re-polled .
Not only that, but the candidature of the contestants will be removed and they cannot contest the re-polling, since people had already expressed their decision on them .
This would bring fear into parties and hence look for genuine candidates for their parties for election. This would change the way, of our whole political system... It is seemingly surprising why the election commission has not revealed such a feature to the public....
Please spread this news to as many as you know...Seems to be a wonderful weapon against corrupt parties in India... Show your power,expressing your desire not to vote for anybody, is even more powerful than voting... So don't miss your chance. So either vote, or vote not to vote (vote 49-O) and pass this info on...
Re: what we can do
by VIJAY TIWARI on Dec 05, 2008 05:57 PM Permalink
It will increase chances of repeat of election process several times, again huge loss of public money and damage to our poor economy.
Re: what we can do
by vinod bhaskaran on Dec 05, 2008 05:50 PM Permalink
hi... i too got the mentioned details as mail.. chkd it outtoo... there is a rule as the person can decide that he may not vote... but couldn't find details stating that the candidature of contestent will be cancelled... downloaded the whole pdf from the site (it is the guidelines set up for the last elections actually)...can anybody confirm whether the candidature really is cancelled... if not how can we get the details whether it is true??/.. anybody has any idea????
Re: what we can do
by vishal barad on Dec 05, 2008 05:50 PM Permalink
how abt making a rule to display resume of the candidate appearing for election? even if it is not a rule, we can ask for the same. remember the ad. for some tea where a youngster asks for something similar to the candidate..
