Right to cast vote

Indian policemen show their election identification cards to photographer as they stand in a queue to receive their postal ballot as part of a special arrangement made by the election commission for the upcoming assembly elections, in Ahmadabad, India, Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012. The election commission has made special arrangements for voluntary voting through postal ballot for the police personnel who are deployed for election duty. Elections will be held in Gujarat state in two phases on Dec. 13 and 17 and counting of votes on Dec. 20.

Indian policemen cast their votes ahead of assembly elections in Ahmadabad, India, Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012. The election commission made special arrangements for voluntary voting through postal ballot for the police officers who are deployed for election duty. Elections will be held in Gujarat state in two phases on December 13 and 17 and counting of votes on December 20.

Indian policemen crowd at a help desk to find their names in voters list as part of a special arrangement made by the election commission for the upcoming assembly elections, in Ahmadabad, India, Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012. The election commission has made special arrangements for voluntary voting through postal ballot for the police personnel who are deployed for election duty. Elections will be held in Gujarat in two phases on Dec. 13 and 17 and counting of votes on Dec. 20.

An Indian policeman tries to control other policemen as they crowd to cast their vote as part of a special arrangement made by the election commission for the upcoming assembly elections, in Ahmadabad, India, Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012. The election commission has made special arrangements for voluntary voting through postal ballot for the police personnel who are deployed for election duty. Elections will be held in Gujarat state in two phases on Dec. 13 and 17 and counting of votes on Dec. 20

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, in blue turban, arrives to address an election rally for upcoming state assembly elections at Vansada, in South Gujarat, India, Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012. Elections will be held in Gujarat state in two phases on December 13 and 17 and counting of votes on December 20.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh waves as he addresses an election rally for upcoming state assembly elections at Vansada, in South Gujarat, India, Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012. Elections will be held in Gujarat state in two phases on December 13 and 17 and counting of votes on December 20. The hoarding in the background reads as Gujarat Congress public meeting with a portrait of India's ruling Congress party President Sonia Gandhi.

Indian brides and grooms raise their hands to pledge to vote in the upcoming state assembly elections, during a mass marriage in Ahmadabad, India, Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012. Elections will be held in Gujarat state in two phases on Dec. 13 and 17 and counting of votes on Dec. 20.

Newly wed Indian couples hold their election identification cards and pledge to vote in the upcoming assembly elections, during a mass marriage in Ahmadabad, India, Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012. The first phase of polling for the Gujarat state Assembly elections is scheduled on Dec 13.