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India's voting star might be a democracy export

Greg Earl

New Delhi | For a country trying to repeat the East Asian miracle of export-led growth, India’s most intriguing product might be its home-designed, battery-operated and cyber-secure electronic voting machines.

At least 2 million have been used at about 1 million polling stations around the country during the seven phases of polling needed to collect the votes of about 900 million registered voters.

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Greg Earl is an editor and writer. He was the AFR deputy editor, opinion editor, Asia-Pacific editor and a correspondent in Jakarta, Tokyo and New York. Connect with Greg on Twitter.

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