Posts : Elections

Why I may want to vote for BJP this time

murali772 - 31-MAR-2009

"I want to say that if NDA (BJP-led National Democratic Alliance) is voted to power, we will pursue this issue at legal and executive level and force Indian citizens to bring back their wealth to the country," Advani said, citing the "crusade" by western countries against tax havens provided by Swiss banks.

Why I don't want to vote for BJP this time

murali772 - 31-MAR-2009

EPIC obtaining - a pain in the neck

Vasanthkumar Mysoremath - 27-MAR-2009

I want to vote, I want my photo ID Card, but....

Great grand-mother of all scams

murali772 - 27-MAR-2009

The poll-eve race among political parties to promise foodgrains at cheap rates to poor people, when implemented, is counter-productive, warns the Justice D P Wadhwa Committee in its report submitted to the Supreme Court on Wednesday.
    

Petition - Remove Criminals and Cash from Indian Elections

indian - 26-MAR-2009

Please see my online petition: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/remove-criminals-and-cash-from-indian-elections

Shut up and Vote Bangalore Concert

Rithesh - 25-MAR-2009

Watch out for this concert by Thermal And A Quarter - a Bangalore based band. Posting from a mail from Jannagraha.

First interview - issue or no-issues

jennypinto - 25-MAR-2009

[Comment promoted to a forum topic on behalf of Jenny]

This might be interesting to all of you.... that last night we attempted to do our first candidate interview (for praja and smartvote.in). the questionnaire includes the top issues  on our praja poll !

Report on all Karnataka MPs

jennypinto - 24-MAR-2009

Our friends and election partners at Daksh have sent in a nice consolidated report (attendance, assets, criminal records etc) to help us know our MPs. This report contains:

The Political Compass - assess your political leanings

s_yajaman - 24-MAR-2009

Found this on the net.  http://www.politicalcompass.org/index  It assesses your political leanings along two axes - economic and social. 

Economic leanings form the X-axis going from collectivism (Pol-pot)  to neo-liberalism (Friedman).  Social leanings go from Libertarian to Authoritarianism. 

Voter Harassment Centres

murali772 - 22-MAR-2009

I am really disgusted with the month-long running around I have had to do. You are almost tempted to exclaim, as one 70-year-old gentleman in front of us did, "If this is what I have to undergo to register...and then vote for some rowdy-sheeter who is standing for election to make money, why should I bother? "...and go home.....