Elon Musk Hails Indian Electoral System, Jabs US Process

Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Saturday (local time) praised the Indian electoral system and its ability to deliver the outcome of an election in a day, while taking a jibe at the process in the US where the poll is yet to be called in California.

Musk was responding to an X post that shared a news article with the Headline “How India Counted 640 Million Votes in a Day". The post was captioned “Meanwhile in India, where cheating isn’t the primary goal of their elections". Quoting the post, Musk said, “India counted 640 million votes in 1 day. California is still counting votes." He responded to another post on X which said, “India counted 640 million votes in a single day. California is still counting 15 million votes…18 days later.

Former Union Minister and BJP leader Rajeev Chandrasekhar reacted to Elon Musk’s post on X and listed the features that make India a modern democracy. “Unhackable EVMs, Voter IDs, Biometric DigitalIDs – essentials of a Large, modern Democracy that India is," he said.

Over two weeks have passed, however, California is yet to count over 300,000 ballots, reports said. It’s been weeks now since Donald Trump was declared the winner of the US Elections and the President-elect of the US.

California is the most populous state in the US with nearly 39 million residents. It saw the participation of at least 16 million voters in the November 5 polls. However, it has been among the slowest states to tally and report election results in recent years.  According to Election officials, it could take weeks to call the poll, as was the case in the 2020 election.