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RSS FeedsIt only takes India a month to set up a better election than the US
(WorldNews India)

 
 

23 march 2019 11:58:44

 
It only takes India a month to set up a better election than the US
(WorldNews India)
 


The world´s biggest democracy has more than its fair share of problems, but getting out the vote isn’t one. Despite India´s high illiteracy rate, and the lack of decent roads and home addresses, voter turnout in its last elections (in 2014) was 66%-higher than in many richer, more developed countries. Rates are expected to hover around those levels again in April during India´s upcoming general election, dubbed “the festival of democracy.` This is the result of the Indian government´s determination to reach every single voter, no matter the practical challenges. Whether at the top of the Himalayas or in the middle of a forest, it ensures no one has to travel over 2 km (about 1.2...


 
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