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CASTING VOTE, legislation. The vote given by the president or speaker of a deliberate assembly; when the votes of the other members are equal on both sides, the casting vote then decides the question. Dane's Ab. h.t. CASTRATION, crim. law. The act of gelding. When this act is maliciously performed upon a man, it is a mayhem, and punishable as such, although the sufferer consented to it.
2. By the ancient law of England this crime was punished by retaliation, membrum pro membro. 3 Inst. 118. It is punished in the United States generally by fine and imprisonment. The civil law punished it with death. Dig. 48, 8, 4, 2. For the French law, vide Code Penal, art. 316. 3. The consequences of castration, when complete, are impotence and sterility. 1 Beck's Med. Jur. 72.

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He said that whispering about pre-poll rigging has been circulated around the city and people believe casting vote would not get any significant change in the life of common people.

Call to hold free, fair polls

Incas is regularly sending advisories and other communications to its members and well-wishers highlighting the necessity of casting vote if they happened to be in their home constituency at the time of voting.

Indians clueless over voting rights

Casting votes is undeniably a national and moral obligation which should be performed on time and to the right person.

National players equally interested to vote tomorrow

However, a large number of female health supervisors and workers on Wednesday accused the district government and head of the health department of not intimating the process and their right of casting vote was denied.

Polling staff unable to cast vote

He also directed the concerned officials that women and special persons should be given every kind of assistance for facilitating them in casting votes.

Special persons can take helper inside polling stations: EC

Speaking on the occasion, ECP Additional Director General Voter Education Nyghat Siddique said that owning to a lack of awareness and knowledge about casting votes, a large number of polls are rejected in every general election.

Election Mela aims to reduce rejected votes, increase turnout on polling day

'The persons who are casting votes in the Senate elections on the indication of others and involved in horse trading are totally unfair,' she added.

Senate polls will not affect next general elections: Tahira Aurangzeb

He said there are 150 women in the jail and that the majority of them do not have CNICs which are mandatory for casting votes.

400 Adiala jail prisoners apply for postal ballots

RAWALPINDI -- Deputy Commissioner (DC) Rawalpindi Talat Mahmood Gondal chaired a meeting here to review Electoral Rolls and preparations for forthcoming general elections 2018 directed the authorities concerned to create awareness among general public about significance of casting votes in order to strengthen democracy in the country.

DC reviews preparations for next general elections

ISLAMABAD -- Gilgit-Baltistan political parties have termed barring women from casting votes in constituency of Darel a sheer breach of the constitution and have called upon chief election commissioner to take notice of this move.

Barring women from casting votes, a sheer breach of constitution: GB political parties

RAWALPINDI -- The Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi (PMAS-AAUR) on Friday organised a seminar on the significance and need for casting votes in order to strengthen democracy in the country.

Arid varsity holds seminar on importance of voting

He held that media had played a positive role in holding elections as it highlighted the significance of casting votes to create awareness among the people, Therefore, people are coming out of their homes in large number to cast votes, he added.

People have to cast votes if they want to change future of country: CEC (DETAILED)