Right To Reject

India's Supreme Court has ruled that voters have the right to reject all candidates in elections.

It ordered the Election Commission to provide a button on the voting machine which would give voters the option to choose "none of the above".

The judges said the negative voting would help cleanse the political system in the country.

The option will be available to voters in the assembly polls due in five states later this year.

"Democracy is all about choices and voters will be empowered by this right of negative voting," a bench headed by Chief Justice P Sathasivam said in its order on Friday.

The judges said that this "would lead to a systemic change in polls and political parties will be forced to project clean candidates".

                                                                                           (Source and more at bbc)