Consider the following statements with respect to the compulsory voting Maharashtra is the firs...........

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Consider the following statements with respect to the compulsory voting:

Maharashtra is the first state to implement compulsory voting at the local level.
It promotes the process of donkey voting in democracy.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

only

2 only

Both 1 and 2

Neither 1 nor 2

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Explanation:

Gujrat is the first state to make voting compulsory in local bodies election.

Donkey voting (practiced in australia) is a vote on a preferential ballot on which the voter's order of preference follows the order in which the candidates are listed. It is an odd consequence of compulsory voting. Donkey votes may occur for several reasons, including voter apathy, protest voting, simplicity on how-to-vote cards, the complexity of the voting system, or voter ignorance of the voting system rules. Alternatively, what appears as a donkey vote may in fact be a genuine representation of a voter's preferences.