Potential issues during VP Elections and Recommendations

The VP elections’ process has been divided into activities and potential concerns that might arise have
been identified.

Activity Concerns Recommendations

Nomination ‘Fringe’ candidates filing Introduction of a nominal deposit to file nomination which
nominations to affect voting shall be repaid in full if the candidate secures a minimum
outcomes. number of votes and is otherwise forfeited.

Canvassing Use of threats or bribes to 1. Candidates shall be prohibited from indulging in

influence the voters corrupt practices and offences,
such as bribing of voters, intimidation of voters,
impersonation of
voters, canvassing or the use of propaganda within
voting premises.

2. Setup a confidential reporting mechanism to encourage

whistle-blowers to come forward with proofs
substantiating the alleged contravention.
Tall claims by candidates in 1. The candidates must be interviewed by the incumbent
their manifesto. VP on their vision and motivation. The goals stated in the
manifesto and must be scrutinized on their utility and
feasibility.

2. Voters must be given the opportunity to scrutinize the

candidates and make recommendations through public
meetings or presentations. The candidate must make a
note of the recommendations and submit a final
manifesto detailing the reasons for including or excluding
a certain recommendation.
Voting process Crowd management & voting 1. Divide the voting populace into slots and advocate strict
discipline adherence to the timeline. Each voter must be given the
liberty to choose the time to cast his/her vote. This could
be done by advancing google forms mentioning the slots.
These results can then be populated to conceive final
voting schedules.

2. Rules and Regulations should be simple to interpret and

transparent.

3. Members of the coordination committee should man

the polling stations to keep unruly behaviour in check.
Vote counting & Irregularities in vote counting 1. Setup multiple panels to count the votes. These panels
declaration of operate under an apex body comprising impartial
results members who will intervene in case any dispute arises.
The constitution of these panels to be made public.

2. Each counting panel member to uphold the integrity of

elections by signing an oath.