It's that time of the year when I get pissed off at why India has to wait 3 days to count election results even at state level when the rest of the world usually starts counting votes right after voting ends.
It's such an obvious flaw in the system for malfeasance or suspicion.
It's such an obvious flaw in the system for malfeasance or suspicion.
I've heard the usual "India alag hai yaar" bros giving excuses like how big and diverse and all India is.
They really don't hold water. Abraham Lincoln's win was called the midnight after polls closed cos of a revolutionary new invention called the telegraph.
They really don't hold water. Abraham Lincoln's win was called the midnight after polls closed cos of a revolutionary new invention called the telegraph.
Maybe I'm being too "NRI" but I feel like India 2022 should be at least on par with USA 1860 when it comes to how democracy functions.
Don't people see the obvious problem with these long delays? It seems like a delay by design, not by compulsion.
Don't people see the obvious problem with these long delays? It seems like a delay by design, not by compulsion.
America has more people than Uttar Pradesh and is way way bigger than Uttar Pradesh. America gets its elections done in a day and starts counting right away.
Modi-picked Election Commission says we need 7 stages to vote and extra time to even start counting.
Not suspicious?
Modi-picked Election Commission says we need 7 stages to vote and extra time to even start counting.
Not suspicious?
With each election, the Indian election commission seems to get less efficient, not more.
You can either say we are a third world country so judge us by lower standards, or you can say we are a superpower and the biggest democracy on the planet, so judge us by higher standards.
You can't say both.
You can't say both.
Donald Trump has shown how a democracy can be thrown into turmoil if the loser just plainly refuses to accept the election results and screams "it was stolen" even if there is absolutely no evidence whatsoever of any malfeasance.
That's a serious flaw in the system then.
That's a serious flaw in the system then.
Hardly unique to India
https://twitter.com/karthik_sc/status/1501649655649619971?t=rsAC2b_2fwAXVq9qp5vbcA&s=19
Every time I bring up this pet peeve of mine, people feel compelled to point out reasons that are not at all unique to India. But India pretends like they are unique to India.
Maibaap sarkaar always given the benefit of the doubt, not taken to task.
Maibaap sarkaar always given the benefit of the doubt, not taken to task.
Another misconception.
And honestly, bizarre to have even after Trump did what he did.
No democracy in the world "declares" winners before all votes are counted. India is not unique there.
Media declares it. But media declarations are meaningless.
And honestly, bizarre to have even after Trump did what he did.
No democracy in the world "declares" winners before all votes are counted. India is not unique there.
Media declares it. But media declarations are meaningless.
https://twitter.com/karthik_sc/status/1501650688069173250?t=rsAC2b_2fwAXVq9qp5vbcA&s=19
As in, media declarations are legally meaningless. And can and are reversed.
Media called Florida in 2000 well before all the votes were counted. Gore conceded. Then it looked like it wasn't a done deal. He unconceded and took it to the supreme court.
Media called Florida in 2000 well before all the votes were counted. Gore conceded. Then it looked like it wasn't a done deal. He unconceded and took it to the supreme court.
Again, if your mentality is to make excuses for Indian systemic inefficiency rather than asking why Indian systems aren't on par with the rest of the civilized world, I'm not an account you should be following.
I bash all systems. I don't stan random systems.
I bash all systems. I don't stan random systems.
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