How India’s massive 2019 election will work

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. Polls are set all over the country, no matter how remote the location.SY Quraishi, who was India’s highest election official between 2010 and 2012, calls the massive endeavor “an undocumented wonder” in his 2014 book about running the world’s largest election—that’s actually its title. A day at the polls
Even on election day, voter convenience and simplicity are paramount to the commission, as is avoiding fraud in a country that is notoriously rigged with corruption and scams.

Source: qz.com