The decision was on a petition filed by PUCL : "In a landmark verdict, the Supreme Court on Friday held that citizens have right to cast negative vote rejecting all candidates contesting polls, a decision which would encourage people not satisfied with contestants to turn up for voting. The apex court directed the Election Commission to provide ‘none of the above options’ at the end of the list of candidates in electronic voting machines (EVMs) and ballot papers to allow voters to reject those contesting polls....... The court passed the order on a PIL filed by an NGO, People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) which had submitted that voters be given the right to negative voting." thehindu/news/national/voter-has-right-to-negative-voting-sc/article5174414.ece #RightToReject #negativevote #democracywins #PUCL
Posted on: Fri, 27 Sep 2013 07:38:28 +0000