First phase of Elections has shown a 2% rise in the number of voters as compared to the previous Elections, A lot of efforts being made to make this this event a success in terms of number of voters. From Election commission to bollywood stars, From news groups to NGOs, everybody is making their efforts count by asking the common man to gather around the polling booths and cast their vote. I also want to make contribution by urging the readers to go and use their franchise.
I also want to contribute to the cause by suggesting an interesting method to increase the number of voters.
A few Countries in the world are about to experience the power of Mobile Broadband while India is still in the starting phase of 3rd generation of mobile communication, but that is enough to implement the idea.
The Government should give the voters another option of casting their votes through their mobile phones. This will definitely increase the number of voters. It can easily monitored and governed by their telecom operator. The msg should be toll free and the EC just need to add one more detail to the Voter ID Card and that is the mobile number of the voter. In case of rural areas the traditional way can be continued.
At least it should be given a try in one or two state elections if their are no technical problems.
