What is negative voting? , Negative or neutral voting is nothing but expressing our willingness of not to opt for any of the contestants. What are can be reasons for negative/neutral vote and why the hue and cry is more now?
The need for negative voting raise when we either not impressed or against the contesting candidates. Earlier in India we were using paper ballot, though not many people know about 49-O but they registered their unwillingness by making their vote (candidature option) illegible thus restricted any one from increasing their count. However in Electronic Polling machine, one is forced to opt for someone or the other even if he doesn’t like to do. Thus for example if 10 people are contesting in a constituency and there are one or many criminal cases registered against them, then if you want to go for negative voting in electronic polling machine then one may opt for a candidate with low profile criminal case against him i.e. we will opt for a candidate with Theft case against him than with murder charges.
--Gopi
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