The NOTA has been introduced by the Commission for the current Assembly elections.
The apex court had said that there was a “dire need” of negative voting which will bring “systemic change” in the election process as “the political parties will be forced to accept the will of the people” and field clean candidates when a large number of people express their disapproval with the candidates being put up by them.
The verdict, which was likely to encourage people to go to polling booths to express disapproval against contestants, had said, “By providing NOTA button in the EVMs, it will accelerate the effective political participation in the present state of democratic system and the voters in fact will be empowered.”
