·Election manipulationToday's discussion
Election manipulation: Does the electoral system manipulate our votes?
The row over the Chief Election Commissioner, disputed electoral roll revisions, and the now-common phrase "vote chori" have put a blunt question back on the table: can any electoral system be trusted to simply record our choices, or does it inevitably shape them? Tonight is not about reaching a verdict on one commission — nobody in this room counted the votes. It is about the experience of doubt: what makes you trust a number you cannot personally check, what would actually change your mind, and what your own suspicion costs you.
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