Commentary: How can India hold elections when it’s too hot to vote?

There’s a more crafty purpose to pin the changing times, too.   Climate  seems to have quantifiable, if much-debated, results on voting behaviour.

In the UK, all but one of the 11  public elections  since 1979 have likewise happened in April, May or June, when officials appear to believe the flower warmth may inculcate individuals with a feeling of optimism that may benefit  incumbent. By the same token, waiting in line in furnace-like heat might not be the best approach to convince  wavering citizens the state has its priorities right.

MAKING VOTING EASIER FOR A BILLION Citizens

There are plenty of  changes that could be made around.   India has almost a billion authorized voters, but some measures to make the ballot process easier.

Postal and absentee ballot is only accessible to  people with disabilities ,  those over 85 ( raised this time around, from 80 in 2019 ), and certain essential services workers. Somebody else needs to turn up on the day or miss the opportunity.

About half a billion people who’ve migrated from different areas of the country experience barriers to voting in their home cities, an issue the land ’s Election Commission is just starting to handle.  

In-person pre-poll election may be a problem given the sheer size of the voting. There just aren’t enough surveys workers to work it in a state with a million ballot booths. However, postal ballots ought to be far more frequently used.