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Thursday, October 31, 2013

Election Commission of India(ECI)Approves NOTA Symbol Design Thursday Oct 31,2013


The Election Commission of India approved the design of none of the above (NOTA) button, which is being introduced for the first time in the Delhi assembly elections, said a statement on Thursday Oct 31,2013

The NOTA Button also known as "against all" is a ballot option designed to allow the voter to indicate disapproval of all of the candidates in a voting system. 

The symbol approved is a circular depiction with black background and NOTA written in white in capital letters in English

NOTA will be printed in addition to "None of the above" in the row of symbols


This time it will be one of the 16 buttons in the electronic voting machine

 

Candidate with highest votes wins, even if majority goes for NOTA option

Election Commission of India(ECI)said that the candidate securing the highest number of votes would be declared elected even if the number of electors going for the None of the Above (NOTA) option surpassed the votes polled by the electoral contestants



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