{"id":239898,"date":"2024-05-04T00:03:32","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T18:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=239898"},"modified":"2024-05-04T00:03:32","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T18:33:32","slug":"election-a-battle-of-ballots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2024\/05\/04\/election-a-battle-of-ballots\/","title":{"rendered":"Election: A battle of ballots"},"content":{"rendered":"

Editor,<\/strong>
\nThe word ‘election’ comes from the Latin word ‘eligere’, which means ‘to choose’, ‘to select’, or ‘to pick’. ‘To elect’ or ‘to vote’ means ‘to select’ or ‘to make a choice’.
\nThe word ‘voting’ is derived from the Latin word ‘votum’, meaning ‘to wish for’. Voting refers to the process of choosing or electing a candidate to run the government’s affairs, usually through a ballot.
\nIn democratic India, general elections take place every five years. All those who are 18 years of age and above have a right to vote. A number of candidates seek election. They move from door to door. They hold public meetings and explain the programmes of their parties. If they get a majority of votes, they win; but if they do not, they lose.
\nAn election, therefore, is like a battle. But this battle is fought in a peaceful way. It is a battle of ballots, not a battle of bullets.
\nJubel D’Cruz,<\/strong>
\nMumbai <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Editor, The word ‘election’ comes from the Latin word ‘eligere’, which means ‘to choose’, ‘to select’, or ‘to pick’. ‘To elect’ or ‘to vote’ means ‘to select’ or ‘to make a choice’. The word ‘voting’ is derived from the Latin word ‘votum’, meaning ‘to wish for’. Voting refers to the process of choosing or electing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-239898","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-readers-forum"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239898\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}