Audio podcast: Can technology change how India votes?


 

Ashraf Engineer

February 17, 2021

When it comes to elections, the casting of the ballot is only the last piece in a jigsaw that has many interlocking pieces. The others include voter awareness, registration, motivation to vote and so on. As in all other walks of life, technology has played a growing role in each of these aspects. But it’s had its share of controversy too. Can technology revolutionise the way India votes? Swaraj Shetty, a veteran of mobile and digital initiatives for transformative civic engagement campaigns, speaks to All Indians Matter.