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		<title>KEW phase 2 report</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 07:34:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Karnataka Election Watch released its phase 2 report detailing financial and criminal records of candidates.
The constituencies in phase 2 go to polls on May 16.
Read report here

Here&#8217;s a video of the press conference that took place in Bangalore on May 11 at the Press Club of Bangalore
Part 1 
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
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		<title>NOTA &#8211; None of the above</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 11:15:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Bangalore, V.S.Sreedhara, a member of the human rights organization, People’s Democratic Forum (PDF) chose to cast his vote under Section 49 (O) of THE CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS RULES, 1961.
Watch a video of what happened at the polling station.

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		<title>Real democracy is only when we are able to select or reject candidates!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 08:53:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a post we received from Ranita Hirji, Dean, Commits, India 
Over the past few days the media and several leaders have been urging the public to vote and thereby prevent a criminal or a dishonest person from entering the government. How can we prevent a corrupt person from entering the government when we have [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=karnatakaelection.wordpress.com&blog=3674858&post=18&subd=karnatakaelection&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>From the field &#8211; BJP activists arrested, RT Nagar, Bangalore</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 04:16:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[5 BJP activists from Madanapalli, Andhra Pradesh were arrested from Hotel Nandini, RT Nagar late last night (9 May 2008). Rs. 2 lakh cash meant for distribution amongst voters has been seized from them and the 5 have been charged for inducement of voters. The Chief Electoral Officer&#8217;s (Karnataka) office has confirmed the arrests.
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		<title>Meet the candidates &#8211; Mandya</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 09:19:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[People&#8217;s Alliance for Democracy (Mandya unit) had organized a &#8216;Meet-the-candidates&#8217; programme on 3 May 2008 at Raitha Sabhangana, Mandya.
Around 600 people, primarily slum dwellers and unorganized workers, attended the programme eager to hear the candidates&#8217; declaration and stands on issues that concerned them. Candidates who attended the meeting were M.Srinivas (Janata Dal-Secular), HB Ramu (Congress), CM [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=karnatakaelection.wordpress.com&blog=3674858&post=15&subd=karnatakaelection&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>KEW report release &#8211; press conference, 6 May</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 08:55:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Karnataka Election Watch report was released at a press conference organized by ADR on 6 May, 2008 at the Press Club of Bangalore. The people addressing the conference included:

Prof Trilochan Shastri, Trustee, Association For Democratic Reforms
LC Jain, Gandhian and Ex Planning Commission member
Dr. Ram Guha, historian and author
Vasudev Sharma, Exec. Director, Child Rights Trust
M Sharief, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=karnatakaelection.wordpress.com&blog=3674858&post=14&subd=karnatakaelection&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>People&#8217;s Manifesto</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 07:41:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[People&#8217;s Alliance for Democracy &#8211; a statewide coalition of around 150 organizations including the Karnataka Communal Harmony Forum, Popular Front of India, Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha, Dalit Sangarsha Samiti, Karnataka Janapara Vedike was formed in the context of the 2008 Assembly elections. Well-known litterateurs, journalists, filmmakers, professors including UR Ananthmurthy, Baragur Ramachadrappa, Gauri Lankesh, Nagathihalli [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=karnatakaelection.wordpress.com&blog=3674858&post=10&subd=karnatakaelection&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>KEW report 2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 07:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
Karnataka Election Watch 2008, released on May 6 by the Association for Democratic Reforms is an extremely comprehensive effort at offering us a closer look at the candidates in Karnataka elections 2008. Phase 1 of the report has been released in time for the first phase of polling that takes place on May 10 and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=karnatakaelection.wordpress.com&blog=3674858&post=8&subd=karnatakaelection&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 06:09:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the elections unfolding in Karnataka in the next three weeks, this blog is an effort to track various articles, videos and information that is available about candidates seeking to represent us.
It is an effort also to re-look at the link that has been forged between democracy and electoral processes. We look forward to discussions [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=karnatakaelection.wordpress.com&blog=3674858&post=1&subd=karnatakaelection&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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