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Bring in 'right to reject', electoral reforms, Team Anna tells EC

Anna Hazare and his team today met the Election Commission in a bid to raise the pitch for electoral reforms .....



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02-24-2012
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Bring in 'right to reject', electoral reforms, Team Anna tells EC


Anna Hazare and his team today met the Election Commission in a bid to raise the pitch for electoral reforms and demanded that 'right to reject' option be included in electronic voting machines (EVMs) and candidates against whom a court has framed charges be barred.
Hazare, along with his close associates Santosh Hegde, Prashant Bhushan, Arvind Kejriwal and Kiran Bedi, discussed the matter for about an hour with Chief Election Commissioner S Y Qureshi.

According to Team Anna, the meeting was "very useful" and the Election Commission was "very receptive" to their ideas and demands.

Bedi said they raised the issue of inclusion of form 49(O), wherein a voter can say he does not want to vote for any of the candidates, use of totalizer in the counting and barring of candidates against whom courts have framed charges.

"The right to reject is an important issue. We have demanded that the option of Form 49(O) be included in the EVMs. We were told that there is no need for bringing the issue in Parliament.The matter is pending with the Law Ministry since 2001. What is needed is a rule amendment. It just need a notification," Bedi told PTI.

To contain criminalisation of politics, Team Anna suggested that candidates against whom a court has framed charges should be barred.

On using 'totaliser' for counting, she said, it will help in mixing all the votes of a constituency and thus no candidate will come to know that which locality did not vote for him. "We were also told that this issue is also pending."

Source ~ expressindia.com
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02-24-2012
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In the EVM rejection button,option whom we are rejecting should be included.
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02-25-2012
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Electoral reforms

It is very heartening to know about Team Anna's meeting with the CEC regarding electoral reforms and a good response from him. It was very disturbing to read in the news reports about the various violations that have occurred in the ongoing UP elections and how the Cong MPs and ministers are getting away time and again for some unknown reason.
The only way I feel to achieve the Goal of passing the Jan Lokpal bill in the parliament is to elect selfless, learned candidates who are true states men and not corrupt, power hungry,criminals that are fielded by most political parties. It is anybody's' guess what these hooligans will deliver sitting in power. Electoral reforms bill can effectively block such dubious persons contesting and their election. Now that you have a parliament made up of genuine peoples representatives, passing the Jan Lokpal bill will be a cake walk. Now is the correct time that we start pitching for electoral reforms bill to get a good elected govt in 2014 elections, rather than pleading and persuading the current UPA-II. The first step in this direction has to be to make the CEC implement the right to reject option in the EVMs for all elections that will held from now on.
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07-23-2012
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Thumbs up Right to Reject

I think independent CBI, Right to reject and Right to Recall, these 3 changes can change the system totally.
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07-23-2012
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Change in approach required

Now,with the UPA gloating with pride over Pranab's Presidential victory, the arrogance and insensitivity to the problems of Aam Admi are going to peak, also the corrupt will be more brazen in their acts.It is common knowledge , how the Cong used all methods to get votes for their candidate. The root cause of the rot is that even the established criminals are able to compete and win elections with their money and muscle power, the only way to put a stop is the electoral reforms act which in the form proposed by Team Anna, that includes right to reject, right to recall clauses will prevent the vested interests from getting elected. Once you have real good statesmen in power, passing of laws including the Jan Lokpal Bill, Judicial reforms,police reforms etc will be a cakewalk. I believe that the agitation must peak to get at least the right to reject, recall laws should be passed before 2014 general elections that a vast majority of Indians will come out to vote and bring to power a truly democratically elected Govt.
Even now awaiting a miracle from Pranabda, now that he is free from the shackles of slavery to the Cong first family, to think for the nation, act like a true patriot with all his experience and knowledge and re write history of India as a true democracy.

 



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