Voting Experiences

Its been three times I cast my vote in an Indian election. Each time I had new experiences with the voting process.

Attempt 1:-

At the age of 19, I voted first. It was for the assembly elections for Lalgudi constituency. On the way to polling booth in thalakudi, we were distributed coupon denoting our name and file number by the local party cadres. I think it was from party A. The voting process was simple after that..On the way back, we wanted to share our happiness and thank the person who distributed us coupon.

அண்ணா வோட் போட்டுடேன்
ஃப்ர்ஸ்ட் டைமா ?
ஆமாமணா
சரி எந்த தெரு தம்பி ?
ராயர்த்தோப்பு , கோவில் பக்கதுல
இன்னொரு தபா வோட் போடரியா ? இளங்கோ ஊர்ல இல்ல


Hmm! Me and badri blinked…

they may be Microsoft certified fake vote specialists. We voted for the first time. Also we were not sure if Elango was in town or not. We silently turned down the request and walked with head high again! We cast our first vote

Attempt 2:-

it was for the parliamentary constituency. Again the duo of myself and badri went to polling booth. As usual collected the coupon and made sure the same person is not distributing. We stood in the line. One of our neighborhood friend came and stood behind us in the line. He started talking to both of us on worldly things..

Did u watch yesterday’s match?

Yes,

Its very hot these days, isn’t it?

Yes..

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(as we approached close to the entrance of the polling booth, he started campaigning…)

You are all young, you should use your vote for better cause, you know how we are suffering becz of selecting the party B, you should always vote for party A. if they come to power, it will be good for everyone in state, for our caste…

Hmm! I & Badri decided from the beginning to vote for the MLA who laid road in our area. It is time to payback and it was against the campaign of our neighborhood friend…

Attempt 3:-

This time, it was only10 mins affair in the polling booth. No major events. every one had voter id card, it was EVM, thanks to the karnataka election commission website, we knew our file number and part number..

Looking forward for next opportunity to vote.. how will that election be?