Election Watch in AP and TS and other
Election Watch Activities in AP&TS Former SEC Joins the ranks of the Election Watch One is no more an officer, but he remains a concerned citizen. Dr. Ramesh Kumar Nimmagadda whose activism brought new light on the role of a State Election Commissioner has completed his term and retired in Andhra Pradesh on 31st March, 2021. Soon after i.e. the day after, approached by the civil society organisations in AP&TS which conducts vigilance activities during the elections to uphold democratic values, to be one of their advisors and gu…
Local Elections Watch
Ennikala Nigha Vedika has initiated, as usual, Election Watch activities in the Panchayat and Municipal elections that are being held in Andhra Pradesh in the months of February and March 2021. The state-level coordination is assured by Dr. Rao V.B.J. Chelikani, V.V. Rao, S. Karunakar, M. Nageswara Rao and K.V. Srinivasa Rao. The Election Watch teams in all the districts have extended maximum cooperation to the State Election Commissioner, who inspite of being a constitutional authority has not been receiving the whole-hearted cooperation t…
Civil Society calls for Extension of Bihar Postal Rule for all Elections
The move would improve participative democracy and help senior citizens Team TT Lauding the move by the Election Commission enabling voters aged 65 years and above and those infected or suspected to be infected of Covid-19, to vote through a postal ballot in the forthcoming Assembly elections in Bihar, senior citizens’ bodies have called for the extension of the option for elections across the country. By enabling senior citizens to use the postal ballot would increase the overall voter percentages apart from making participative democracy eas…
Election Watch – A.P.: Expenditure in Elections
Elections have become the preserve of the ultra-rich in India as expenditure in the recent elections shows with the money spent more than doubling to Rs 60,000 crore, several speakers at a recent Election Watch meeting expressed. The meeting on “Expenditure in elections and its regulation” was held at the Freedom Fighters Bhavan in Vijayawada on June 18, based on the results of a survey by Centre for Media Studies. Speaking, on the occasion the CMS Chairman, Sri. N. Bhaskara Rao expressed agony that the working of the EVMs and Election Commiss…
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