No provision for Absentee Voting.
It is reported (as informed by the Overseas Indian Affairs Minister, Vayalar Ravi) widely in print media that the Government is contemplating that the NRIs be allowed to exercise their vote only if they are physically present in their respective constituencies at the time of elections. This does not offer a practical solution to the manner of effecting the voting rights of NRIs.
The requirement of physical presence at the time of voting would place enormous constraints on the NRIs seeking to exercise their franchise and thereby would effectively neutralize their right to vote sought to be given by the Bill. In effect, it would practically serve as a deterrent against the exercise of the right to vote by the NRIs.
We are advocating absentee voting by proxy.
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