Names of those who voted should be published
Election in our country stands as the core of our functioning democracy and is akin to a national festival. Only when we comprehend the number of voters and candidates and the diversity of geography, language, occupation, income etc. we can understand the enormity of it. It is miraculously awesome. Nowhere else can we see such a mammoth event.It is to the credit of the people and the governments over times that we have come solving many issues and reached present stage. Over the years elections in our country have become more transparent, easy and convenient. The malpractices that were happening have also gradually reduced and except for some sporadic happenings here and there elections are generally smooth and peaceful.
However there are still some discrepancies and we cannot say there is full equality between voters, parties and candidates. The voters are a bit less privileged in a few counts. One is that a candidate can fight elections even if he/she is in jail (there may be some conditions here), but a voter cannot vote if he is in jail.
But what I want to say here is another matter. The list of voters is published and that is available in public domain. The candidate's agents and poll officials tick against the names in the voter list when the voter comes to vote. But interestingly this 'Voted list' is not published and remains in the official documents and with the candidates, agents and parties.
While the total number of persons who voted is available gender-wise, booth-wise and the total percentage of polling from the election commission official sites and by the media information, the actual names of people who came and voted is not published.
I am of the opinion that the 'Voted names list' also should be made available to the public. This can reduce a lot of possible malpractices that are still remaining. There should be more such reforms to make the elections more equitably democratic. What are your views members?