आपणास हे माहिती आहे का?

माझ्या एका मित्राने ही माहिती पुरवली आहे. क्षमस्व ,मुळ स्त्रोत अज्ञात.

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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/she doesn't want to vote anyone! Yes such a feature is available, but obviously past + present 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 information to all.

Sounds too good to be true innit.Now for the fly in the ointment.This is still a proposal that is yet to accepted/debated/applied.However if one is able to create a sufficient groundswell, then maybe that will force the change.

Here is a link to the Election Comission website from where you can download the PDF.

http://www.eci.gov.in/PROPOSED_ELECTORAL_REFORMS.pdf

So for starters if each of us can forward this via email to a bunch of contacts, we can get something going.

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