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Wendell, NC, USA - The United States of America is the only "democracy" whose elections are run by politicians. Elsewhere in the civilized world, elections are run by non-political civil servants. For instance, take the backward, primitive state of India.
Since 1950, India's elections have been operated by a non-political agency, at first the Chief Elections Officer and now by the Elections Commission.
India has at the present time 619,559,944 registered "electors" (their usual term for "voters"). Encouraged by the government and legal profession, beginning in 1998 the Elections Commission has put the entire registry in a database and makes it available online. One can also acquire the complete electors list on CD for each constituency at the cost of making a CD copy.
Complexity is not a problem: the elections agency has done its own computer development work and has anticipated both growth and complexity. In the recent elections, they had oversight over 1,299 candidates from 7 parties in the national election and 750 candidates from 40 parties in the state elections. Individuals may register up to the day a political campaign starts and beginning the day after an election. Campaigns are limited in time and expenditure, both closely monitored by the Elections Commission.
One goal of the Elections Commission -- one they hope to meet before the next national elections -- is that registered electors may vote from anywhere in the world or in their local constituency. Given the record of the Elections Officer an
d Elections Commission over the past fifty-four years, they will likely meet that goal.
The districting and redistricting of constituencies? Not a problem. The lines of the districts are drawn by a special commission comprised of the Elections Officer and two justices of the Supreme Court, who oversee the work done by a technical staff that is guided by strict redistricting rules.
If the Republicans in Washington, D.C., are so hot about outsourcing -- how good it is for America! -- then my candidate for the next piece of outsourcing is to have India manage American elections, since we have neither the will nor the expertise to do it well in the good ol' U.S. of A.
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