If "NOTA" [ NONE OF THE ABOVE] button on the EVMs or slot on the Ballot Papers
is to be effective and successful in attaining the objectives of forcing
political parties to choose their candidates not on their winnability power but
on the personal credentials and the credentials of the respective parties
fielding them, then there has to be a set formulae under which NOTA has to
operate. Needless to say that with this effective tool given in the hands of
voters [especially the elite voters] this tool must not undermine the electoral
system and put a feather in the cap for those who have been objecting to it's
fluid implementation so far.
It must be understood that the political classes or parties have gotten away by
fielding convicted criminals, persona non-grata, matka kings and communal
wipers as their candidates for far too long based on their winnability. Note
must be made here that the current Goa BJP government has a Matka King as it's
legislator from the Tivim constituency. Therefore, with this neutralizing
tool, voters are going to take their long sizzling revenge by voting NOTA en
masse, especially the elite voters, who basically do not vote and who accounts
for 15 to 20 per cent non-voting. NOTA will see that these non-voters will
vote, even if voting is not made compulsory, only if the there is some
effectiveness in it's implementation. Therefore the EC must come up with a set
of formulae where if NOTA votes are sizeable, reaching a predetermined figure,
the elections must be made null and void paving the way for re-elections in
that particular constituency/s with the contesting candidates debarred from
contesting in these re-elections. This would be a welcome exercise, ONCE. But
the re-election process must not bog-down again and again due to the mis-use of
NOTA to wreak havoc in the electoral processes. Therefore care must be taken
that the re-election process will go ahead with NOTA still in place, but
minimizing the chances that it might be mis-used.
GSRP suggests ways how this can be done.
Example:
Stats of the 2012 GLA Elections from the 10 ALDONA CONSTITUENCY.
Total votes polled = 20314 in 41 Polling Booths.
Total No. of Candidates contesting = 5
To bring in NOTA
Average vote share of each candidate : [20314 votes divided by 5 candidates] =
4062.8 votes
Multiplying this figure of 4062.8 votes by a standard pre-decided fraction of
say 0.05 [example] to account for the percentage votes not voted, a figure of
203.14 votes is obtained.
Adding 203.14 to 4062.8 gives a figure of 4265.94
Rounding this figure to the next nearest number gives a figure of 4266.
THIS MUST BE THE MINIMUM 'NOTA' VOTES POLLED IN THE CONSTITUENCY TO CANCEL
THE ELECTIONS AND BRING IN FRESH ELECTIONS WITH ALL THE PREVIOUS CONTESTING
CANDIDATES DEBARRED FROM CONTESTING IN THESE RE-ELECTIONS. Scrapping NOTA for
the re-elections will not serve any purpose. Therefore the NOTA figure should
be enhanced for the re-election so that it becomes difficult to attain for the
second time.
Suggested NOTA formula for the re-election would be:
Total No. votes polled x 0.05 [as previously used] x any new factor that is
envisaged viz. 0.20 or 0.25 or 0.3 .... etc
If we take the no. of votes polled during re-election to be the same i.e.
20314, and the number of contesting candidates as 5 again, the new NOTA figure
would be:
20314 '/. 5 x 0.05 x 0.3 [for example] = 6545.722 viz. 6546.
It is unlikely that this figure will be attained for the second stage of voting
where the candidates on offer would be generally acceptable to the voters.
Just our humble suggestion to make NOTA a very effective tool to cleanse
criminal and undesirable elements from democratic elections. After waiting for
years together for NOTA to be implemented, if it becomes a lame duck, it will
be a defeat to the people who have been dreaming of this cleansing agent and a
victory to the CORRUPTED TO THE CORE NATION and National Politics.
Floriano Lobo
Gen Secretary/Spokesperson
Goa Su-Raj Party - GSRP
Mob: 9890470896
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.goasu-raj.org
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PPS: PEOPLE FOR POLITICAL SANITY
PS: If the people refuse to become politically 'SANE', politics will remain
dirty + more.
ONLY DABOLIM - NAVY GET OUT
WITH MOPA - SPECIAL STATUS FOR GOA IS ONLY A SHOUT
VIVA GOA - VIVA GOEMKARS
Amchem Goem
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PHvEkxLCmc
