What is clear from the emerging uses of technologies in electoral processes is that regulations are struggling to catch up with technology.
Author
Rohith Jyothish, Assistant Professor, Jindal School of International Affairs, O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat, Haryana, India.
Summary
A staggering 968.8 million citizens were eligible to vote in the 2024 general elections in India, making it the largest in the history of any democracy in the world. Managing this large electorate is not an easy task.
Since the first general elections were held in 1951-52, ballot papers contained the names of candidates, the parties they represent and electoral symbols. On completion of voting, booth workers assigned by the Election Commission of India (ECI) will count the votes by hand.
One of the concerns which emerged in this era was “booth capture” wherein party-workers could engage in voter suppression or stuffing ballot boxes with fake votes by intimidating booth-level officials.
Published in: Third World Econ
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