Compulsory Voting

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For some time we have been witnessing that some eligible voters do not use their rights of voting during elections and after the results are out, they repent about the constitution of the government. So far the voting percentage has been 50 to 60% of the eligible voters who are about 65% of the inhabitants in the Country. It means that about 40% of the public exercise their voting rights and that 40% is further divided into various political parties/independents. If this is further divided to get a party having the largest seats, the representation goes down further and in result, the minority of the voters get the right to decide who will run the government. Here, the question of compulsory voting becomes relevant. If all of the eligible voters exercise their franchise, hope that a government with the majority back-up may rise. There may be some problems for some voters on account of their medical problems or they may not be near their voting booths at the time of the election due to their pre-occupation. For them, the Election Commission can arrange on-line voting or voting booth of their convenience.

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It is not right. Usually poor polling is in urban areas and rural areas vote in large numbers.

I stated my own experience. They made me run from pillar to post for election 

AP and Karnataka have had Congress parties in power , goes to show the kind of mismanagement and corruption even during elections, names missing from voters list etc..Rajastan and Gujarat ruled by BJP and on members' own admittance all going well with the voting pattern . In Karnataka the corrupt practices are so rampant that people have become thick skinned now and are not surprised by any misdeeds of the ruling party !

It has become a trend to criticize whatever is linked with the BJP. Congress ruled states witnessed more irregularities in all aspects of governance including Election voting patterns. In this respect BJP ruled states are doing commendable work.

 

Compulsory voting cannot be imposed on public, but people should be make aware of the importance of voting. There should be a door to door campaign to make people aware of voting.  

Creating awareness about the importance of vote always helps. Voting is Democracy. You can't have a successfully run Democratic system without the support and vote of the citizens,

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Created Saturday, 05 December 2015 03:54
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