5 Places Where Online Voting Can Replace Ballot Voting

Aditi Agarwal
ILLUMINATION’S MIRROR
3 min readDec 24, 2021
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Mobile Voting is an online technology that helps organizations and people to create a platform where voting can be done without spending a lot of money, keeping the privacy of the voters intact. The entire procedure is user-friendly and doesn’t take much time to cast votes. It not only saves a lot of money but also the precious time that people used to waste, waiting in queues to cast their votes. There are multiple organizations, where online voting can revolutionize the system.

Here are 5 of the most important places, where online voting can be introduced as a blessing:

Political Voting:

India is a democratic country where every 5 years, Lok Sabha votes are conducted and the government spends a huge amount of money for each election. Keeping the economic condition of the country in mind, online voting can really help to reduce expenditure. Apart from that, the privacy and the secrecy of online voting are definitely easier to maintain.

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Club Voting:

Clubhouse elections are run to ensure that the members can be democratically chosen to run the important operations of the club as the head of the committees. Various key decisions are made depending on the results of the voting. But running an election correctly in clubhouses can be really confusing. Online voting can be used in such places to avoid any kind of confusion as the members can easily cast their votes through their mobile phones.

Trade Union Voting:

Trade unions hold elections every five years to fill certain governing positions. Multiple elections are held based on the structure and size of the organizations. The process can become really complicated due to the involvement of many people in various groups. Implementing online technology of voting can reduce complexity and help organizations manage the entire process with ease.

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NGO Voting:

Non-governmental organizations also conduct elections to elect their committee and trustees. They manage the regular works of the respective NGOs. As the number of members in these NGOs varies from small scale to large, a proper voting procedure can help these organizations to conduct elections easily. Mobile Voting platforms can be used to conduct these elections in a smoother and unbiased way.

Student Voting:

Student voting typically takes place in democratic colleges and universities. These elections are conducted to elect the general secretary or student leader of colleges. Apart from that, departmental elections are also conducted in colleges and universities. Such types of elections can be easily done by Online Voting. The process will be quick and a lot smoother than it naturally is.

Though it will not be possible for India to adopt online voting in large-scale elections in the next few years due to many internet and technology-related issues, it’s definitely possible to implement the technology in the near future.

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