Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Voting in India

Since I was not able to vote in the recent US Presidential Elections (Go OBAMA!! btw) I decided to look up the procedure on how I would vote in the Indian Parliamentary Elections (to choose the Prime Minister and such). I found out, to my amazement, that I could NOT vote while I was not present in India. Since I am a Non-Resident Indian (NRI), I can only vote if I am physically present in India. However, many NRIs have objected to this rule and some work is being done to revise it so we can also have an 'absentee' vote, like the United States does. I will hopefully be able to vote in the next Indian elections but till then:


GO OBAMA!!

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