Selective amnesia
India, May 3 -- Last week, I read an excellent article in the New York Times by SY Quraishi, who was India's Chief Election Commissioner between 2010 and 2012. In this article, Quraishi shared a number of fascinating nibbles about the Election Commission of India (ECI). A particularly interesting fact highlighted by him was the sheer size of the Indian election and the poll panel's massive responsibility to ensure that each vote counts. He illustrated a lovely example of this task by narrating how Election Commissioners set up a polling booth in the Gir Forest National Park in Gujarat for the only living voter in the area: A Hindu priest.
The Indian election is remarkable. As the Constitutional watchdog of the voting process, the EC play...
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