None of the Above: Reflections on Life Beyond the Binary

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A writ petition was filed by People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL). The Supreme Court of India judgement said, " We direct the Election Commission to provide necessary provision in the ballot papers/EVMs and another button called “None of the Above” (NOTA) may be provided in EVMs so that the voters, who come to the polling booth and decide not to vote for any of the candidates in the fray, are able to exercise their right not to vote while maintaining their right of secrecy." [5] The Supreme Court also observed that it is essential that people of high moral and ethical values are chosen as people's representatives for proper governance of the country, and NOTA button can compel political parties to nominate a sound candidate. The ASL fingerspelling provided here is most commonly used for proper names of people and places; it is also used in some languages for concepts for which no sign is available at that moment. Entities that include "None of the Above" on ballots as standard procedure include India ("None of the above"), Indonesia (kotak kosong, empty box), Greece (λευκό, white), the U.S. state of Nevada (None of These Candidates), Ukraine (Проти всіх, "against all"), Belarus, Spain (voto en blanco, "white vote"), North Korea and Colombia (voto en blanco). Russia had such an option on its ballots (Против всех, "against all") until it was abolished in 2006. Bangladesh introduced this option ("না ভোট" , "No Vote") in 2008. Pakistan introduced this option on ballot papers for the 2013 Pakistan elections, but the Election Commission of Pakistan later rejected it. Beginning with the 2016 presidential election, Bulgaria introduced a 'none of the above' option, which received 5.59% of the vote in the first round and 4.47% in the run-off.

View from the Chair". Above and Beyond Party. Archived from the original on 7 April 2015 . Retrieved 3 April 2015.

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Cipto, Hendra (26 April 2018). "Calon Petahana Gugur di MA, Pilkada Makassar Lawan Kotak Kosong". KOMPAS (in Indonesian) . Retrieved 4 May 2018. A businessman in Prince George, British Columbia ran in the 1997 federal election in the district of Prince George—Bulkley Valley [9] under the name Zznoneoff, Thea Bove (Thea Bove Zznoneoff); since ballots listed candidates alphabetically by surname, he appeared at the bottom. He came sixth of seven candidates with 0.977 percent of votes cast.

Behind The Label

Nambiar, Nisha (2018-11-08). "Fresh polls if NOTA gets max votes: Maharashtra poll panel - Mumbai News". The Times of India. Interior, Ministerio del. "Registro de Partidos Políticos". webarchive.loc.gov. Archived from the original on 19 October 2012.

There were three uncontested seats in the 2015 local elections, nine in the 2017 local elections, [31] and at least 13 in the 2018 local elections (including the mayoral elections for Tangerang and Makassar). [32] [33] In the 2018 election for mayor of Makassar, the NOTA option received over 300,000 votes, 35,000 more than the sole candidate, forcing a repeat election in 2020. [34] Kazakhstan [ edit ] In the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections, 2G scam accused MP - A Raja (DMK candidate) - lost to the AIADMK candidate, while NOTA emerged with the third largest vote share, possibly as an expression of public anger towards corrupt candidates. [16] In formal styles, we use none of with a singular verb when it is the subject. However, in informal speaking, people often use plural verbs:

Greenhalf, Jim (20 February 2015). "Musicians set to bring political message to the stage". Telegraph & Argus . Retrieved 24 March 2015. Open Letter to Mark Flanagan (Notavote / The NOTA Party / The Above & Beyond Party)". NOTA-UK.org. 10 December 2014 . Retrieved 28 May 2017.