Act 49(O) of IPC
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'O' Podu
“O Podu” is a social awareness movement.
“O PODU’ means “cast the vote”. Voting is both the right and duty of the people. Another objective of our movement is to make people aware of their constitutional right to cast their vote under section 49 ‘O’.On an average, in every election, nearly 45 percent of the eligible voters don’t vote at all. Therefore even if a winning candidate bags 30 percent of the polled votes, it amounts to getting the support of only about 16 percent of the total electorate. If more and more non voters begin to exercise their vote, the result of many elections would drastically change.Why are many people not voting at all? One of the usual reasons cited is that they are unable to accept any candidate and don’t want to vote for anyone of the available candidates.It is a unique feature of our Indian constitution that it has provided the legal right to the voter to reject all the candidates. Section 49 ‘O’ of the Election rules 1961, has empowered the voter with this right. This section has conferred the right to the voter to inform the booth officer, after the indelible ink mark has been marked, that the voter does not want to vote for any of the candidates. The section requires the booth officer to record the voter’s choice of 49 ‘O’.“O PODU” movement will campaign for the following demands:1. Every voter should cast the vote. Failure to cast the vote only prevents enhancement of the standards of politics.2. If the voter feels all the candidates are unworthy, the best ay to communicate this view to the political parties is not through abstinence. The best method is to record this view through 49 ‘O’.3. Secrecy of ballot is a right conferred on the voter by the Constitution. But the election commission’s procedure of not keeping 49 ‘O’ voting as secretive, amounts to a violation of this right. Therefore the Election commission should rectify this anomaly by introducing a separate button for 49 ‘O’ in the electronic voting machines, for the forthcoming Tamilnadu elections.4. It is the duty of the Election commission to educate the booth officers about the availability of 49 ‘O while conducting classes to them on polling procedures. The present practice of booth officers expressing ignorance about 49 ‘O’ and refusing a vote to record under 49 ‘O’ should be totally eliminated.’
A case about this act that is to add a button for 49 'o' in electronic voting machine was filed on both High and Supreme Courts. But there is no judgment was published by both courts. This case was in pending for the last 6 years. If we are take a simple step to this case, it will quickly possible.
Please spend 5 minutes and One Rupee for this case.
Please write two letters about this case by mentioning your name and address in postcard and post them to the following addresses:
Write the following message in first postcard and send it to the following address:
"We request you to expedite judgment on the case pending for several years now, seeking installation of a button for 49 o in voting machines to ensure secrecy of voting, our fundamental right."
To:
The Chief Justice of India,
Supreme court of India,
New Delhi 110001.
Write the following message in second postcard and send it to the following address:
"Please arrange for announcing the total number of voters registered for 49 o in every constituency at the end of the poll, as it is the right of every citizen to know this information."
To:
The Chief Election commissioner,
Election commission of India,
Nirvachan sadan Ashoka road,
New Delhi 110 001.
For any other details visit : http://www.keetru.com/ohpodu/english.php
“O Podu” is a social awareness movement.
“O PODU’ means “cast the vote”. Voting is both the right and duty of the people. Another objective of our movement is to make people aware of their constitutional right to cast their vote under section 49 ‘O’.On an average, in every election, nearly 45 percent of the eligible voters don’t vote at all. Therefore even if a winning candidate bags 30 percent of the polled votes, it amounts to getting the support of only about 16 percent of the total electorate. If more and more non voters begin to exercise their vote, the result of many elections would drastically change.Why are many people not voting at all? One of the usual reasons cited is that they are unable to accept any candidate and don’t want to vote for anyone of the available candidates.It is a unique feature of our Indian constitution that it has provided the legal right to the voter to reject all the candidates. Section 49 ‘O’ of the Election rules 1961, has empowered the voter with this right. This section has conferred the right to the voter to inform the booth officer, after the indelible ink mark has been marked, that the voter does not want to vote for any of the candidates. The section requires the booth officer to record the voter’s choice of 49 ‘O’.“O PODU” movement will campaign for the following demands:1. Every voter should cast the vote. Failure to cast the vote only prevents enhancement of the standards of politics.2. If the voter feels all the candidates are unworthy, the best ay to communicate this view to the political parties is not through abstinence. The best method is to record this view through 49 ‘O’.3. Secrecy of ballot is a right conferred on the voter by the Constitution. But the election commission’s procedure of not keeping 49 ‘O’ voting as secretive, amounts to a violation of this right. Therefore the Election commission should rectify this anomaly by introducing a separate button for 49 ‘O’ in the electronic voting machines, for the forthcoming Tamilnadu elections.4. It is the duty of the Election commission to educate the booth officers about the availability of 49 ‘O while conducting classes to them on polling procedures. The present practice of booth officers expressing ignorance about 49 ‘O’ and refusing a vote to record under 49 ‘O’ should be totally eliminated.’
A case about this act that is to add a button for 49 'o' in electronic voting machine was filed on both High and Supreme Courts. But there is no judgment was published by both courts. This case was in pending for the last 6 years. If we are take a simple step to this case, it will quickly possible.
Please spend 5 minutes and One Rupee for this case.
Please write two letters about this case by mentioning your name and address in postcard and post them to the following addresses:
Write the following message in first postcard and send it to the following address:
"We request you to expedite judgment on the case pending for several years now, seeking installation of a button for 49 o in voting machines to ensure secrecy of voting, our fundamental right."
To:
The Chief Justice of India,
Supreme court of India,
New Delhi 110001.
Write the following message in second postcard and send it to the following address:
"Please arrange for announcing the total number of voters registered for 49 o in every constituency at the end of the poll, as it is the right of every citizen to know this information."
To:
The Chief Election commissioner,
Election commission of India,
Nirvachan sadan Ashoka road,
New Delhi 110 001.
For any other details visit : http://www.keetru.com/ohpodu/english.php
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