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Maharashtra may hold re-election in local polls where NOTA got maximum votes | india news | Hindustan Times
Maharashtra may hold re-election in local polls where NOTA got maximum votes
The panel began considering the idea after it came across several cases where the NOTA option got a lot more votes than the winning candidates
india Updated: Jul 21, 2018 08:09 IST
In February this year, Maharashtra governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao had pressed for the need to consider NOTA’s role in the polling system more seriously. (AFP Photo)
Municipal bodies in Maharashtra may soon be asked to hold re-elections in constituencies where most voters choose None of the Above (NOTA) option in local self-government elections. If it is approved, the decision will apply to local body elections that the SEC conducts — gram panchayats, zilla parishads (district councils), and municipal bodies governing all cities.
“We have sought a legal opinion to check provisions in the existing law,” said state election commissioner JS Saharia, adding that the State Election Commission would announce its decision in the coming weeks.
The panel began considering the idea after it came across several cases where the NOTA option got a lot more votes than the winning candidates — in some instances, more than 80% of the total votes. In February this year, Maharashtra governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao had also pressed for the need to consider NOTA’s role in the polling system more seriously. This demand was seconded by both political parties and NGOs in meetings on electoral reforms called by the SEC a few months ago. In a report published in March, Association for Democratic Reforms, an NGO that works on political and electoral reforms, has also recommended re-elections in constituencies with highest NOTA votes.
When the SEC studied local body elections over the past two years, it found that in the Bori gram panchayat polls in the Pune district, NOTA polled 85.57% votes; in the Mankarwadi gram panchayat polls in same district, 204 of a total 330 valid votes went to NOTA. The sarpanch of Khugaon Khurd in Nanded district got just 120 votes while NOTA had got 627 of the total 849 votes. Similarly, in a local election in the Khavadi village in Lanja tehsil, the winning candidate got 130 votes of 441 valid votes, while NOT polled 210 votes.
While NGOs suggested candidates getting fewer votes than NOTA be debarred from re-elections, the SEC is not in favour of this as it may raise questions about the fundamental rights of candidates. SEC officials are of the opinion that such a change may also need an amendment of the existing laws.
“Maharashtra would be the first state to bring in this reform if the SEC implements it,” said Major General (Retd) Anil Verma of ADR. “In the current system, voters feel their votes are wasted in the absence of due importance being given to NOTA.”
The SEC also feels that the decision would help it weed out a contradictory circular by the Election Commission of India (ECI) in 2013. “The Supreme Court, in its order making NOTA compulsory in 2013, had said negative voting allows a voter to cast a vote in favour of any fictional candidate/name, but a circular issued by the ECI said NOTA is not a candidate and votes polled by it should not be taken into consideration while counting the votes,” said on election panel official. “This contradiction has been prevailing for the past five years, and we hope it gets corrected by this decision,” the officer said.
First Published: Jul 20, 2018 23:48 IST

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Patent US7590469 - Method and apparatus for configuring a communicating environmental ... - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inAdvanced Patent SearchPatentsA method for configuring a communicating environmental conditioning network having a plurality of environmental interactive units communicatingly coupled with a plurality of space interactive units, each respective space interactive unit presenting a conditioned output when engaged with a particular...http://www.google.com/patents/US7590469?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7590469 - Method and apparatus for configuring a communicating environmental conditioning networkAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS7590469 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 11/866,155Publication dateSep 15, 2009Filing dateOct 2, 2007Priority dateOct 2, 2007Fee statusPaidAlso published asUS7840311, US20090088901, US20100004787Publication number11866155, 866155, US 7590469 B2, US 7590469B2, US-B2-7590469, US7590469 B2, US7590469B2InventorsWojciech GrohmanOriginal AssigneeLennox Manufacturing, IncExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (10), Referenced by (2), Classifications (15), Legal Events (2) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetMethod and apparatus for configuring a communicating environmental conditioning networkUS 7590469 B2Abstract A method for configuring a communicating environmental conditioning network having a plurality of environmental interactive units communicatingly coupled with a plurality of space interactive units, each respective space interactive unit presenting a conditioned output when engaged with a particular environmental interactive unit, includes: (a) turning on selected delivery elements associated with selected space interactive units; (b) establishing baseline data indicating conditioned outputs of the selected space interactive units; (c) engaging at least one respective space interactive unit with at least one respective environmental interactive unit; (d) waiting a predetermined time interval; (e) measuring a conditioned output associated with each the selected delivery element; and (f) selecting the respective selected space interactive unit associated with the largest change in the conditioned output as assigned to the respective environmental interactive unit.
BACKGROUND The present invention is directed to communicating environmental conditioning networks, and especially to initial configuration of such a network to identify which unit serving a respective conditioned space may be controlled by a respective cooperating unit.
SUMMARY A method for configuring a communicating environmental conditioning network having a plurality of environmental interactive units communicatingly coupled with a plurality of space interactive units, each respective space interactive unit presenting a conditioned output when engaged with a particular environmental interactive unit, includes: (a) turning on selected delivery units associated with selected space interactive units; (b) establishing baseline data indicating conditioned outputs of the selected space interactive units; (c) engaging at least one respective space interactive unit with a respective environmental interactive unit; (d) waiting a predetermined time interval; (e) measuring a conditioned output associated with each the selected delivery unit; and (f) selecting the respective selected space interactive unit associated with the largest change in the conditioned output as assigned to the respective environmental interactive unit.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a communicating environmental conditioning network employing the present invention.
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