A Request to the Election Commission for Online Voting

The fundamental principle of democracy lies in exercising voting rights by all citizens. For a healthy democracy, one needs to cast a vote judiciously. But unfortunately, many lazybones just loathe to stand in queue and they do not bother at all to participate in this democratic process. This trend is quite catching. However, it is a sheer delight to see many people returning home state Meghalaya from Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, and Kolkata to exercise their franchise with gusto.



Even in my locality, a good number of people have arrived to vote for their beloved leaders. These conscious citizens certainly deserve high appreciation from the Election Commission. Of course, each citizen should contribute to making a strong government for a better future, -- hopefully we have genuinely eligible candidates in the fray, lol.

Nevertheless, rushing back to home state for mere voting sounds quite archaic in this digital age. This involves lots of expenditures besides other troubles. Well, if we can buy our air/railway tickets online with a few clicks, if we can operate our day-to-day banking and share market transactions involving trillions of dollars online by just sitting at home, why can’t we have an online voting facility now? Have the multinational companies from US/UK not outsourced their major administrative and clerical work to India in order to cut costs? For almost over a decade, the internet outsourcing administrative/clerical work has brought about an unprecedented “revolution”.

This online outsourcing work has been accomplished with cent percent precision and efficiency, apart from being very cost-effective. COVID-19 has further made us realize that the DIGITAL PORTAL can easily “replace” the structural offices. I think the government of India should give serious thought in this respect so far as “voting online” is concerned. Mr Sawkmie, an employee of a call canter in Bengaluru, laments his inability to cast a vote online.

With the authentication through Aadhaar, Epic card, and “mobile-linked OTP”, voting online carries more sense when 5G is at our disposal. If not for everyone, those who are “out of station” and the elderly and sick people, who cannot walk up to the polling booth, online voting will be proving a real boon. Frankly speaking, those who are away from their home state are less likely to “fall for delusive influences” and are more sensible in electing Mr. RIGHTS.