Re: [silk] Postal voting in India
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 23:40, Deepa Mohan wrote: > > Ah. I got this kind of card in 1992. NOW...that card no. is not listed > anywhere, so I could not get it deleted; and I was told that unless I had > that deleted, I could not register in my new constituency. After several > futile attempts, I just quiety registered for a new card. That can't be the same ID card. For one, webcams/digicams were either not prevalent or non-existent in 1992 in India. Just kidding! But, I think this current Voter ID card drive and database was started only around early 200x. ~ash
Re: [silk] Postal voting in India
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 8:01 PM, Ashwin Nanjappa wrote: > On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 18:55, Srini RamaKrishnan > wrote: > > > > Heh, this sounds so simple. It took me 12 years to get my voter ID > > card. Finally arrived this year with a photo from the early 90s. > > I got my Voter ID card around 2004 when they were issuing it areawise > in Bengaluru. I was given a date and location (a government school) to > get the card. They took a grainy mugshot using a webcam/low-res > digicam (don't remember which), filled out the details, asked me if > it's correct, printed out the card, laminated it and gave it to me > right there. I have no idea if the card format has changed since then > though. > > ~ash > Ah. I got this kind of card in 1992. NOW...that card no. is not listed anywhere, so I could not get it deleted; and I was told that unless I had that deleted, I could not register in my new constituency. After several futile attempts, I just quiety registered for a new card. The guy-at-the-door, who vetted our documents when we reached the head of the queue (after 2 hours), asked my husband and me if we had never ever voted. Who wanted to state the truth, that we have voted in Chennai, but have been abroad during the election dates for several years? "No", we said concisely. He then asked us to provide proof that we had never votedwe had to browbeat him quite a bit to get him to let us through and submit our forms. The irony...we will be abroad at voting time AGAIN, this year. Why are we then going through this? I don't know Cheers, Deepa.
Re: [silk] Postal voting in India
Same experience here -- srs / nokia e71 -original message- Subject: Re: [silk] Postal voting in India From: "Ashwin Nanjappa" Date: 25-03-2009 20:01 I got my Voter ID card around 2004 when they were issuing it areawise in Bengaluru. I was given a date and location (a government school) to get the card. They took a grainy mugshot using a webcam/low-res digicam (don't remember which), filled out the details, asked me if it's correct, printed out the card, laminated it and gave it to me right there. I have no idea if the card format has changed since then though. ~ash
Re: [silk] Postal voting in India
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 18:55, Srini RamaKrishnan wrote: > > Heh, this sounds so simple. It took me 12 years to get my voter ID > card. Finally arrived this year with a photo from the early 90s. I got my Voter ID card around 2004 when they were issuing it areawise in Bengaluru. I was given a date and location (a government school) to get the card. They took a grainy mugshot using a webcam/low-res digicam (don't remember which), filled out the details, asked me if it's correct, printed out the card, laminated it and gave it to me right there. I have no idea if the card format has changed since then though. ~ash
Re: [silk] Postal voting in India
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 4:25 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan wrote: > On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 9:23 AM, Ashwin Nanjappa wrote: > [...] >> Thanks, so he will reregister at Mumbai to vote. > > Heh, this sounds so simple. It took me 12 years to get my voter ID > card. Finally arrived this year with a photo from the early 90s. I'm on my fourth attempt to get mine. One of the previous attempts yielded an ID card that had everything except the photo and my sex incorrect. I think they managed that by translating the original form data from English to Marathi then then back to English. -gabin -- George Burns - "Don't stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed."
Re: [silk] Postal voting in India
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 9:23 AM, Ashwin Nanjappa wrote: [...] > Thanks, so he will reregister at Mumbai to vote. Heh, this sounds so simple. It took me 12 years to get my voter ID card. Finally arrived this year with a photo from the early 90s. Cheeni
Re: [silk] Postal voting in India
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 17:28, Venkat Mangudi wrote: > This gives an opportunity for him to vote in Bangalore and Mumbai > everytime. :-) IOW, someone will vote for him if he is not around. Does > he want this to happen? Not if he can prevent it. But, if the erase-and-create option is harder than the new creation option, he might just go for the latter. ~ash
Re: [silk] Postal voting in India
Ashwin Nanjappa wrote: > What if the person doesn't inform the Mumbai registration office about > his entry in the Bengaluru records? I remember seeing lots of folks > This gives an opportunity for him to vote in Bangalore and Mumbai everytime. :-) IOW, someone will vote for him if he is not around. Does he want this to happen?
Re: [silk] Postal voting in India
Amitha Singh wrote: >> Register again at Mumbai or vote through post? Is the latter option >> even available for non-armed-services folks in India? AFAIK (I did try this when I was in college), postal ballots are only allowed for the armed forces or people of 'official duty'. Say an official is sent elsewhere for election duty. -- Alok Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around us in awareness. -- James Thurber
Re: [silk] Postal voting in India
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 16:57, Deepa Mohan wrote: > > this is NOT as simple as it sounds. His voter id will be deleted in > Bangalore, and then he will have to delete his id in Mumbai again next time > and re-register in Bangalore so let him decide if he wants to do this! What if the person doesn't inform the Mumbai registration office about his entry in the Bengaluru records? I remember seeing lots of folks having multiple voter records, representing the trail of localities in Bengaluru that they moved around over the years :-) ~ash
Re: [silk] Postal voting in India
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 1:53 PM, Ashwin Nanjappa wrote: > On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 15:38, Amitha Singh wrote: > > jaagore.com is the best resource available online as on date. afaik, > postal > > voting is not available in india. he has one of 2 options, come in to blr > to > > vote for that one day or register again in mumbai. if he is sure that he > > may not be in mumbai when the next general elections will be held, coming > in > > to blr for tht one day seems like a better option. hope this helps! > > Thanks, so he will reregister at Mumbai to vote. > > ~ash this is NOT as simple as it sounds. His voter id will be deleted in Bangalore, and then he will have to delete his id in Mumbai again next time and re-register in Bangalore so let him decide if he wants to do this! :) _Deepa.
Re: [silk] Postal voting in India
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 15:38, Amitha Singh wrote: > jaagore.com is the best resource available online as on date. afaik, postal > voting is not available in india. he has one of 2 options, come in to blr to > vote for that one day or register again in mumbai. if he is sure that he > may not be in mumbai when the next general elections will be held, coming in > to blr for tht one day seems like a better option. hope this helps! Thanks, so he will reregister at Mumbai to vote. ~ash
Re: [silk] Postal voting in India
On 3/25/09, Ashwin Nanjappa wrote: > > Hi, > > A friend who has relocated from Bengaluru to Mumbai for a few years > asked about this. He had his name on the voter list in Bengaluru, but > won't be in that place on this election day. > What's the best option for him? Register again at Mumbai or vote > through post? Is the latter option even available for > non-armed-services folks in India? If yes, where can I find the > details on this? jaagore.com is the best resource available online as on date. afaik, postal voting is not available in india. he has one of 2 options, come in to blr to vote for that one day or register again in mumbai. if he is sure that he may not be in mumbai when the next general elections will be held, coming in to blr for tht one day seems like a better option. hope this helps! amitha TIA, > ~ash > >
[silk] Postal voting in India
Hi, A friend who has relocated from Bengaluru to Mumbai for a few years asked about this. He had his name on the voter list in Bengaluru, but won't be in that place on this election day. What's the best option for him? Register again at Mumbai or vote through post? Is the latter option even available for non-armed-services folks in India? If yes, where can I find the details on this? TIA, ~ash
