Invalid format of Elections

[Vamsi Krishna]

Hi EC and Members of MHV Association

There are some specific untenable issues with the Elections being conducted in MHV in the recent terms.

1. Online Voting/E-voting is meant to be an alternative to proxy voting. Proxy voting is a derivative of company law which allows shareholders to participate in the elections if they are away. RWAs somehow are operating in this broader schema. But a proxy voter should produce an ID card and also an authorization from the shareholder/owner to enter the voting premises and cast vote. To prevent this, Online voting/E-voting has been introduced such that the shareholder/owner can cast vote from wherever present, removing the need for proxy.

To this extent, the previous elections or GBM done with online voting are invalid because OTP based proxy voting has been allowed. Many residents have pointed to this and have asked the EC to consider at least facial or biometric verification of the proxy online voters. As usual, it was all ignored and the elections were conducted as is.

Therefore, to clean up the system, EC should allow proxies only in physical ballot, and biometric verification for Online.

2. As per bye-laws or any law or even common sense, all contestants should have equal opportunity during the time of elections. This is completely violated because a) the eligible voter's data is inaccurate, b) the incumbent MC members always have preferential access to this data, but have not bothered to correct it. Neither has the EC corrected it.

If we go by bye-laws, we have to comply with all sections of bye-laws and not whichever seems convenient in a situation.

Request EC to do the needful. And more importantly the MHV members to push the EC and MC to conduct fair and meaningful elections. Else, it is better to not participate in elections or to report to respective authorities.

Best regards

Vamsi Krishna

[Vamsi Krishna]

Hi EC 

This is already and input which was also given before. You may consider it and answer in specific here or addressed to all owners, in writing, as not everyone will be available to attend open house.

On Tue, 14 Jan, 2025, 23:00 MHVWA EC, <election...@myhomevihanga.co.in> wrote:

Hello Vamsi,

 

We recieved your email and noted your concerns too. An update from EC Chair was sent in TG group and posting here as well for your reference. 

"Dear All 

Election Committee & Caretaker MC had a productive meeting today. We deliberated on way forward, with detailed discussion on pros & cons of next steps. 
As decided, Election notification shall be released in last week of January 2025 and Elections shall be held in 3rd week of February 2025. The mode of election is most likely physical secret ballot only. Please wait for Update Note from EC in this regard.

We plan to have an Open House on 26 Jan Sunday noon, to seek everyone's inputs. Please block your time and participate actively.

We are preparing an Update Note that shall be released shortly. We plan to share a FAQ/Q&A document that shall answer most of your queries. We seek everyone's suggestions & support to make this a smooth process for all of us.

Stay tuned for updates.

Warm regards,
Election Committee 
MyHome Vihanga" 

 

Regards, 

MHV Election Committee.