How India runs the world's biggest election
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Published 2019-07-03
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Elections in India aren’t like others. India voted to pick its central government for the next five years throughout the spring of 2019. An eighth of the world’s entire population was eligible to vote in this election. That’s 900 million people, and more than 67 percent voted.
India runs the world’s biggest elections, and officials put in a lot of effort to make this democratic exercise is as accessible as possible. This means they make sure everyone, even in the most remote locations, is near a polling booth — even if it means bringing voting machines to them by elephant.
This Vox Borders episode looks at how India pulls off massive elections.
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All Comments (21)
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Hey everyone, I hope you liked Episode two! I learned a ton on this one. I'm curious to hear what was the most surprising thing to you in this episode. We've got three more episodes coming, every wendesday. So keep an eye out for that. Also, If you want to help me make Vox Borders bigger and better, check out the Video Lab: http://bit.ly/vox-video-membership See you next week!
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1/8th of the world’s population was eligible to vote in this election. That blew my mind.
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No stereotypical Indian music, well researched, unprejudiced... American mainstream media watch and learn
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My grandmother is 77 and when she go with my father to vote i can see the smile on her face.. a smile of pride .. As she was born before independence of India she admire the election and her right to vote!
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Election having more than 1 candidate is always complicated. ------Kim Jong -Un
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Interesting fact- India has a election booth for only 1voter in a jungle.
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What is more surprising for me is that everyone is so surprised, and we in India take this luxury of democracy for granted.
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This guy gets everything right: 1.States all the facts instead of making assumptions. 2.Presents the fact that we don't only speak one language and understands the magnitude of cultural diversity. 3.None of that annoying stereotypical Indian music.
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US: You have to climb a mountain to go vote India: Election comes to your doorstep This is what an honest approach to democracy looks like! Well done India
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Now THIS is how western media should do a piece about India. 10/10. Borders is my favorite part of Vox for a reason.
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I was a polling officer in this year's election for the first time and the experience was incredible. The sheer scale of it was tempting.
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USA : So, how can we exclude these people from voting? India : *literally carry an election booth so that some lonely dude in a jungle can vote
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i can't help but smile when i see the youngsters could finally vote!! Really wish the best for them!! From China
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"How India runs the world's biggest election" China has left the chat
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I flew from Germany to cast my vote. Even though I am non resident, they consider my opinion as I am part of India.
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Election in India is like a festival ,rather than democratic exercise
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This dedication to equality in a developing nation is not only inspiring, but something that needs to be shared globally so that people understand how much work India is putting into their progress
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I spent six months working in India a while back, and during my stay, many of my Indian coworkers made legitimate complaints about political problems in India: corruption, political dynasties, and other things. And I agree, there is still a lot to root out. But there's one thing I can't shake: throughout its independent existence, India has never had a military coup. Never had a dictator take power. And quite frankly, that's better than much of the world, so kudos.
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Wow. Our country is reallyyyyy small and theres about 70 different places to vote and many people still refuse to vote. Nice to see large countries like India care enough for it
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Nevada is still counting their votes
