When You Have The Right To Vote , Vote Right ! A comprehensive guide on what to keep in mind before you exercise your vote this election. To make democracy work, we must be a nation of participants, not simply observers. One who does not vote, has no right to complain. - Louis L’amour Your Vote Is Invaluable Many people think that the right to vote comes free they need not give much significance to it. There are also those that take it as something frivolous that can be sold off to anyone for small money or food or liquor. Such people are dealing a very cheap bargain without realizing the fact that vote is the most precious right they have. Your vote can: 1) Keep prices under control 2) Provide proper education for your children 3) Furnish safe drinking water for villages 4) Provide proper civic amenities like drinking water and drainage in cities 5) Ensure proper electricity supply to villages 6) Create jobs for the youth 7) Trigger industrial growth and prosperity 8) Prevent the corrupt officials from demanding a bribe from you 9) Make every citizen safe and secure 10) Contribute to peace and prosperity of the country 11) Save the nation’s natural resources from getting plundered by the greedy and unscrupulous. And there are many more such possibilities for you if you rightly exercise your right to vote Your Vote Is Your Voice As a citizen of this country you cannot escape the impact of the policies of the government. Vote is an opportunity that comes once in five years to register your resentment or appreciation of the government policies. If you want change, Vote is the best tool to give effect to that. Your vote is your voice. When you vote, you are actually telling public representatives that education, public safety, social welfare, healthcare and other important issues matter to you. Don’t Be Modest, Your Vote Counts You are not the only one to feel the pinch of bad governance or derive benefits from a good one. There are many who feel just as you do. You will be lending strength to your own cause by voting to the party or candidate of your choice. Remember, there is power in numbers. When you vote and get your family and friends to vote, you can make the difference. If you don’t vote, you will be missing a once in five year opportunity to be counted. Your Vote Can Make Martyrs Smile India won its freedom as a result of the ultimate sacrifice made by innumerable young freedom fighters like Khudiram Bose, Bhagat Singh, Chandrasekhar Azad and others. Those great martyrs wanted to see a glowing India where there is equality of opportunity, peace and prosperity in every life. By voting for the right candidate you are actually paying tribute to those great martyrs that sacrificed their today for our tomorrow. Your vote can thus make the martyrs smile. Vote Right And Don’t Regret Often at times, we voice our concerns about the falling values in politics, bad governance, rampant corruption etc. We will be leaving no scope for such complaints if we exercise our right to vote and elect good candidates. If we aren’t voting, wrong persons can get elected. Our concerns may not matter at all for such elected persons. It Does Not Take Much Time To Vote Compared to other forms of political participation, voting does not require a lot of time or effort - in other words, it is one of the easiest ways to have a say in the way our society should be governed. Youth Should Vote Young people hate corruption due to several reasons including loss of opportunities resulting from it. They equally loath inept leadership that has messed up the country’s social and economic conditions. Youth wants a leadership that is accessible, accountable and transparent. For such leadership to emerge, young people should vote in large numbers. As the stake holders of the country’s future, young people have a responsibility to vote. When politicians know in advance that most young people don’t vote, they may be less interested in making the effort to be responsive to issues that matter to young people. Some say that young people don’t vote because politicians don’t care about youth issues or don’t talk to young people in their own language. But by not voting, young people lose an important opportunity to make their voices heard by politicians. Register Yourself As A Voter Election commission of India allows you to register online as a Voter. You simply have to log on to ECI.nic.in. To fill the online application form-6, you will have to furnish your mobile number and email ID. After providing the mobile number you will receive a verification code on your mobile. Submit the verification code to proceed with the voter registration method. Select the Fill your application form for inclusion on the page. As soon as the Electoral Registration Officer / Assistant Electoral Registration Officer receives Form 6 filed on line, he downloads the form along with enclosure and deputes Booth Level Officer to visit your residence to verify and obtain your original signature on the application form. In the offline method you will have to fill up Form 6 and submit it to the Election Registration Officer (ERO). Two passport size photographs should be attached to the Form 6 along with the proof of residence. Applicants between the age of 18 and 21 years are required to attach the proof of age. If You Don’t Have A Voter ID If you dont have a voter identity card, make sure that your name is in the voters list. You should do this at least a week before elections. Usually, people from the election commission will come to your house for verification. But if they dont turn up, do make sure that you register yourself voluntarily. How To Vote Casting your vote is very simple on the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM). The machine has two units. One is control unit and the other is Balloting unit. While the control unit is with the electoral official, the ballot unit is the one on which the voters casts their vote. The balloting unit presents the names and symbols of all the contesting candidates. All you have to do is to press the button associated with the candidate of your choice. None Of The Above If you feel truly frustrated by the political parties for fielding wrong candidates, you can also exercise your right to press the button signifying none of the above or NOTA.
Posted on: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 14:13:09 +0000
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