the breed " a trustworthy politician" is an extinct one here, but i am sure a trustworthy friend, kith or kin do still exist. and in any case if Brutus is accompanying us, we still loose only one right vote, ours not his. regards arvind
On 2/20/09, Janardhana Naidu <janardhananaid...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hollow Sir, > voting may not be very difficult, if the sighted person misuse our vote, Is > it not double loss to the right candidate? > Thanks and regards, > G. Janardhana Naidu. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Arvind Bhartiya" <arvind.bhart...@gmail.com> > To: <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> > Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 4:11 PM > Subject: Re: [AI] Elections > > >> voting is real simple. visit the booth , take sighted help along, fill >> a simple form for the disabled, excersise your voting rights, and >> thats it. >> so go and vote >> >> On 2/20/09, Subramani L <lsubram...@deccanherald.co.in> wrote: >>> I had been voting in Chennai, until I relocated to Bangalore. Last >>> general election has been the only one I missed. Let's see if I can get >>> my voter registration and vote this time. >>> >>> Subramani >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in >>> [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Pamnani >>> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 5:39 AM >>> To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in >>> Subject: [AI] Elections >>> >>> Hi I am starting this topic taking off from Rajesh and Sudhir's comments >>> on the disabled being a class and that we do not vote. Cynics that we >>> pride ourselves to be have to now adopt a new tact.So get out of being >>> arm chair critics and commentators. >>> Elections are around the corner and we all must vote. How you vote is >>> not my concern but vote you must. >>> Yes I am disabled so it is difficult for me to vote- getting someone to >>> go with me to the booth, reading the names of the candidates, actually >>> voting and then answering the questions of others and a bunch of other >>> difficulties instead of enjoying my holiday. >>> However if you dont go see what damage you will do: 1. The Bombay, >>> Jharkhand High courts andthe Supreme court have ordered special >>> facilities for the disabled. So please use them and dont waste them. >>> 2.The Election Commission has constantly taken a stand that there are >>> not many disabled who vote so we have to prove the EC wrong. this helps >>> in making the facilities better for the next elections. >>> 3. You are part of the numbers that make up a class so if we are a big >>> class we get privileges in due course. Ensure that it is recorded that >>> you are disabled when you vote. >>> 4. If you want to be part of Society and you want to be treated as a >>> part then do what everyone should be doing-voting. >>> 5. We are educated and the part of the educated middle class that >>> should rule but with our own apathy we lose our clout. Therefore we get >>> the government we deserve. >>> There may be several other reasons which I cant seem to remember this >>> early in the morning. >>> This year I hope not to hear from anybody on accessindia that they have >>> not voted. Whats the point in being cynical about others including the >>> government isnt it time we face ourselves and tried to push ourselves on >>> this front as well. >>> >>> Kanchan >>> >>> >>> To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in >>> with the subject unsubscribe. >>> >>> To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, >>> please visit the list home page at >>> >>> http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.i >>> n >>> >>> Email secured by TPML Raksha Checkpoint >>> >>> >>> >>> To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in >>> with >>> the subject unsubscribe. >>> >>> To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, >>> please >>> visit the list home page at >>> >>> http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in >>> >> >> >> >> To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in >> with the subject unsubscribe. >> >> To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, >> please visit the list home page at >> http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in >> > > > > > To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with > the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in