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Law panel against compulsory voting
The Law Commission on Thursday said it was not in the favour of introducing compulsory voting, terming it undemocratic, undesirable and not helping to improve political awareness and participation. Coupled with this, it has also not favoured the often voiced plea for right to recall as well to reject a winning candidate if the vote polled by him were less
New Delhi: The Law Commission on Thursday said it was not in the favour of introducing compulsory voting, terming it undemocratic, undesirable and not helping to improve political awareness and participation. Coupled with this, it has also not favoured the often voiced plea for right to recall as well to reject a winning candidate if the vote polled by him were less than those opting for none of the above (NOTA) or state funding of the elections in view of the current economic conditions of the country.
The commission has however recommended increasing the period of disqualification from current three years to five years for a candidate who fails to file election expenses and contributions received, with the intent to debar defaulters from contesting the next elections at least.
Speaking to newspersons after submitting the report on wide ranging electoral reforms to the Union Law Minister D V Sadananda Gowda, Law Commission Chairman Justice (retd) A P Shah said it was not desirable to introduce compulsory voting and was not feasible to have a right to recall or reject an elected representative. Not recommending compulsory voting, the panel said it was “highly undesirable for a variety of reasons such as being undemocratic, illegitimate, expensive and awareness”.
