The NOTA (none of the above) option will, hereafter, be a part of the electronic voting machines for urban local bodies (ULB) in Tamil Nadu.
This has been made possible by the State Municipal Administration and Water Supply (MAWS) department through a notification issued in April. This marks the State government fulfilling a long-standing demand of activists for the introduction of the NOTA option in polls to the ULBs.
The notification, dealing with rules for the ULBs, refers to NOTA specifically on the proforma ballot paper, as indicated in form 15. The option has been mentioned again in forms 26 and 27 which pertain to the declaration of result.
