---------------------------------------- > Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2006 03:00:47 -0700 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
< A lot of debate on the NRI voting right. As the situation stands right now, the Indian government has assured that the NRIs, particularly those in the Gulf areas, will get voting rights.> from jose colaco: True, there is a lot of debate....and quite a bit of confusion between NRI / PIO and a foreign national who might also be accorded Indian Nationality ( as a dual nationality). The term NRI stands for Indian Citizens who are presently NOT RESIDENT in INDIA; It does NOT stand for British or American or Portuguese etc citizens who have permission to "Reside" in India. At this moment, Voting Rights are available to ALL Indian citizens - whether they are Resident or Non-Resident. RI or NRI - as long as they have their names on the Voting Register & they have Voter Cards. In order to vote, ALLthat a RI or NRI has to do is to present self with the Voter Card ...at the appropriate booth. NRIs have the right to vote .... at this moment - as long as they have a Voter Card or are able to get a Voter Card. Nobody has taken that away from them. IF the point being made above is that NRIs will get the right to Vote with Absentee Ballots or at the respective Embassies in a foreign country, that is an altogether different matter with serious logistical challenges. It will require some serious Legal Manoevering of the various ACTS related to Voter Registration and Election - in order to provide 'Absentee Ballot' privileges preferentially to any particular set of NRIs (e.g. Gulf Goans). As Aires would probably agree, the Rule of Law prevents preferential rights. All citizens are treated equally wrt this Right to Vote ...and many other Rights. good wishes jc PS: What Resident or Non-Resident Indians (from Goa) may wish to ensure ....IF they wish to vote, is that their names ARE actually on the Voting Register. _________________________________________________________________ Enter the Windows Live Mail beta sweepstakes http://www.imagine-msn.com/minisites/sweepstakes/mail/register.aspx _____________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
