India has over 10 lakh cooperative housing societies — CHS, AOA, AOH, RWAs — each required to hold elections every 1–3 years. Right2Vote lets your society run those elections and AGM resolutions securely from any phone, in under a minute.
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There are more than 10 lakh cooperative housing societies in India. It is referred to by several names including Cooperative Housing Societies (CHS) / Association of Residents (AOR) / Association of Homeowners (AOH) / Apartment owners Association (AOA) / Housing Society / Resident's Welfare Association (RWA) etc. There might be small difference between incorporation structure of these housing societies but more or less it is very similar. These housing societies are managed by members who are democratically elected at regular intervals. Each society is supposed to hold its elections every 1-3 years depending on the state and the governing Cooperative Society Act.
Lack of full-time members in the management committee
Limited funds and varying financial capacity of members
Difference of opinion and internal disputes
Vested interests controlling the management
Litigation with builders or members
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As per model bylaws provided in Cooperative housing society Act which has been adopted by most states, voting is compulsory at regular intervals. It does not mention whether voting needs to be via paper or online. Hence both the methods are permitted and there is no restriction on paper or online voting.
Many states including Maharashtra have specifically advised housing societies to opt for online voting to ensure that homeowners who are not resident in the society are also able to vote. Also, due to COVID and social distancing requirements, most governments and cooperative commissions are asking housing society managements to opt for online voting.
The State Cooperative Election Authority (SCEA) of Maharashtra has also approved fund to create eVoting website for Housing society election. Recently the West Bengal high court ruled that online voting in housing societies is allowed through the Government of India approved eVoting agencies.
The Government of India recognizes online voting as an important empowerment tool and has made it mandatory under certain Acts including The Companies Act. Government has made it mandatory for companies to provide online voting options to shareholders to empower small shareholders. The Government of India has also recognized Right2Vote as the approved online voting agency.
Cooperative society is a state subject. Housing societies come under regulation of respective state governments. Most state governments have created a cooperative commission to regulate the cooperatives. Most state governments have adopted the model Cooperative Housing Society Act which is more or less similar.
Most of the standard bye laws of the housing society provides that voter need to vote in person'. This means that the voter is not allowed to vote via proxy. Vote in person' should not be confused with paper voting at booth. The requirement is that voter should vote himself and not allow anybody else to vote on his behalf. If the voter votes himself via mobile or computer, that also is vote in person'.
Most of the model bylaws allows vote via post also. This means the makers of model bylaws wanted to ensure right to vote to voters who are not resident in the society. This shows remote voting was always allowed and the objective was to ensure maximum participation.
Most bylaws provide for secret ballot. This is to avoid any kind of coercion. Secret Ballot means that individual voters vote preference is not known to anybody including the election committee. The election committee only gets the vote count of each candidate.
