The Right to Reject is akin to a toothless tiger. There are many who think it is a great thing BUT in reality the net effect of you pushing the "none of the above" button has the same effect as an invalid vote. The votes the none of the above button garners is also not to be counted! Hence the person who gets the majority of the votes will still win!!
The basic point of the democratic process is a positive vote. So unless and until the "none of the above" votes are counted and if it garners more than the second placed person in that contest then there has to be a reelection wherein if the previous winner again gets the maximum votes then he is to be elected. Unless this "positive" process is incorporated in the election process this recent judgment by the SC is nothing more than a smoke screen.
My suspicion is that this was timed to coincide with the "drama" of Rahul G "trashing" his own governments ordinance on allowing convicted politicians to vote. Unfortunately the reaction that the spin doctors in the Congress got from the public and the press was not what they expected and as such the story that was to have been spun around the SC verdict never happened.
I invite constitutional experts to comment on whether the Election commission has the powers to take the SC judgment to its logical conclusion ie give teeth to the judgment by making the "none of the above" a potent tool in the hands of the population and thereby heralding a new era in politics of the nation.
The point to ponder is when many people dont vote when their vote counts will they even bother with the "none of the above" option when it doesnt count at all?
The basic point of the democratic process is a positive vote. So unless and until the "none of the above" votes are counted and if it garners more than the second placed person in that contest then there has to be a reelection wherein if the previous winner again gets the maximum votes then he is to be elected. Unless this "positive" process is incorporated in the election process this recent judgment by the SC is nothing more than a smoke screen.
My suspicion is that this was timed to coincide with the "drama" of Rahul G "trashing" his own governments ordinance on allowing convicted politicians to vote. Unfortunately the reaction that the spin doctors in the Congress got from the public and the press was not what they expected and as such the story that was to have been spun around the SC verdict never happened.
I invite constitutional experts to comment on whether the Election commission has the powers to take the SC judgment to its logical conclusion ie give teeth to the judgment by making the "none of the above" a potent tool in the hands of the population and thereby heralding a new era in politics of the nation.
The point to ponder is when many people dont vote when their vote counts will they even bother with the "none of the above" option when it doesnt count at all?
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