Technology has completely changed our lives in the last 100 years and more so perhaps in the last two decades. We don’t shop for our groceries the way we did in the 90s, we don’t communicate like we did in the past and when it comes to acquiring knowledge Internet has brought a sea change in the way we learn. It may sound ironical but we still vote the way our grandfathers and even great grandfathers did! Somehow ballot based elections have refused to yield space to more sophisticated and convenient ways of conducting elections. But it’s longer than expected reign is about to end as polling apps would soon become core technology in future elections.
Breaking Barriers
There has been much resistance against use of technology when it comes to elections. Believers in different political ideologies are surprisingly on the same page in their opposition to use of voting apps for elections. The chance of hacking and other forms of sabotage is often cited as the reason behind the opposition. This criticism is unfounded given the fact that technology when implemented with the right set of safeguards is more secured than any manual process we have ever known. For instance nobody criticizes electronic payment anymore while this form of payment attracted equal criticism in the past. Similarly a real time voting app can easily be implemented with strict security protocols to prevent unauthorized access and misuse.
Increasing Participation and Faster Results
Use of polling apps in elections offers two major benefits over the conventional polling process that makes use of ballot papers. First voters are no longer required to visit polling centers to register their votes much like they did in the past or stand in queues to book tickets to a movie or pay bills. This will help in increasing participation as the sick and the old along with people who are physically absent on polling days can take part in the elections. Secondly the results of the polls can be declared without hours of the scheduled close of the polls which would benefit everyone from those contesting the elections to ordinary people taking part in the electoral process.
Summary – In this article we see why polling apps are the future of elections and how a real time voting app can increase participation and streamline elections.
Breaking Barriers
There has been much resistance against use of technology when it comes to elections. Believers in different political ideologies are surprisingly on the same page in their opposition to use of voting apps for elections. The chance of hacking and other forms of sabotage is often cited as the reason behind the opposition. This criticism is unfounded given the fact that technology when implemented with the right set of safeguards is more secured than any manual process we have ever known. For instance nobody criticizes electronic payment anymore while this form of payment attracted equal criticism in the past. Similarly a real time voting app can easily be implemented with strict security protocols to prevent unauthorized access and misuse.
Increasing Participation and Faster Results
Use of polling apps in elections offers two major benefits over the conventional polling process that makes use of ballot papers. First voters are no longer required to visit polling centers to register their votes much like they did in the past or stand in queues to book tickets to a movie or pay bills. This will help in increasing participation as the sick and the old along with people who are physically absent on polling days can take part in the elections. Secondly the results of the polls can be declared without hours of the scheduled close of the polls which would benefit everyone from those contesting the elections to ordinary people taking part in the electoral process.
Summary – In this article we see why polling apps are the future of elections and how a real time voting app can increase participation and streamline elections.
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