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      Can You Ask For A 'Challenge Vote' If Your Name Is Not On A Voter List?

      BOOM found that two out of the three claims made in the viral message are false.

      By - Anmol Alphonso | 4 April 2019 11:55 AM GMT
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    • A viral WhatsApp forward claiming a voter can cast their vote even if their name is on the electoral roll by asking for a 'challenge vote', is false.

      Two of the three claims in the forward are false. The second claim about asking for a 'tender vote' in the event someone has already cast your vote, is true.

      The viral message claims, "When you reach poling booth and find that your name is not in voter list, just show your Aadhar card or voter ID and ask for " challenge vote" under section 49A and cast your vote.
      👉 If you find that someone has already cast your vote, then ask for "tender vote" and cast your vote.
      👉If any polling booth records more than 14% tender votes, repolling will be conducted in such poling booth.
      👉 Please share this very important message with maximum groups and friends as everyone should aware of their right to vote"

      Viral WhatsApp message

      FACT-CHECK

      BOOM reached out to V Citizens Action Network (VCAN), a
      civil society organisation partner of the Election Commission Of India (ECI) through Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Maharashtra

      VCAN received an official reply from CEO Maharashtra responding to the viral message.

      CLAIM 1: When you reach poling booth and find that your name is not on the voter list, just show your Aadhar card or voter ID and ask for "challenge vote" under section 49A and cast your vote

      FACT: FALSE

      According to the reply received by VCAN, a voter cannot vote unless his / her name appears on the electoral rolls.

      Additionally, BOOM read through the handbook issued by the ECI for polling agents that in February 2019 that states the polling officer would primarily identify the voter through the electoral roll.

      EC Handbook for Polling Agents
      EC Handbook for Polling Agents

      CLAIM 2: If you find that someone has already cast your vote, then ask for "tender vote" and cast your vote.

      FACT: TRUE

      "If you find someone has already cast your vote, then ask for 'tender vote' and cast your vote," stated the reply by CEO Maharashtra to VCAN.

      In the handbook also mentions that if a voter finds out that another person claiming to be that elector has voted in his / her name then the Presiding officer will permit the person to vote by means of ballot paper.

      EC Handbook on Tendered votes
      EC Handbook on Tendered votes

      CLAIM 3: If any polling booth records more than 14 percent tender votes, repolling will be conducted in such a poling booth

      FACT: FALSE

      "There is no legal provision regarding repoll in case of challenge vote. In no case, there are unusual percent tender votes. Even if there are, there is no provision for a repoll," according to CEO Maharashtra.

      BOOM did not find any mention of the above claim in the EC handbook.

      Screenshot of EC Handbook
      Screenshot of EC Handbook

      Click here to view the handbook.

      ECI confirms that the WhatsApp message circulating is fake

      BOOM had reached out Sheyphali Sharan, official spokesperson of the Election Commission of India (ECI), who confirmed that the WhatsApp forward circulating was indeed fake.

      "Tendered vote is only when you find that someone has voted against your name in the voter list. A person whose name is not in the voter list cannot vote," said Sharan.

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      ballot paper challenge vote Election Commission of India EVMs fake news featured Lok Sabha Elections polling booths Section 49A tender vote 
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      Claim :   Message Claims If A Voter's Name Is Not On The Voters List, A Person Can Cast Their Vote Using 'Challenge Vote'
      Claimed By :  Social Media
      Fact Check :  False

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