Tesla owner Elon Musk has praised India's electoral system. Musk said that India declared the election verdict by counting 64 crore votes in a single day. At the same time, counting of votes is still going on in California, USA for the November 5 election. In India, assembly by-elections were counted in 13 states, including Maharashtra and Jharkhand assemblies, on 23 November. This is the same Musk who condemned EVMs a few months ago. Musk said that elections are rigged with EVMs. Appealed to hold elections through ballot paper only and count votes by hand across the country.
Musk praised India's vote count by posting on social media platform X. Musk shared another post in which a user wrote that India counted 640 million votes in one day and California has been counting 15 million votes for 18 days.
In a post on Elon Musk, he criticized the slow count in California.
In another post, Musk lamented the slow count in California.
Results are not available in California due to ballot paper voting
In America, most voting is done by paper ballot or email ballot. In the 2024 presidential election, only 5% of precincts used voting machines. In such a situation, the calculation takes a lot of time.
California is the largest state in America. 3.9 crore people live here. 1.6 crore people voted in the presidential election held on November 5. Even after two weeks of voting, about 3 lakh votes are still to be counted. Counting votes in America takes weeks every year.
Earlier, Musk had accused EVMs of rigging the elections Elon Musk made a big claim before the presidential election in America. He said that elections are rigged with EVMs. Musk called for elections to be conducted by ballot paper only and counting votes by hand across the country. Musk targeted a company that makes voting machines. However, the company denied Musk's claims.
Election Commission rejects Elon Musk's allegations However, the Election Commission is rejecting the Congress' allegations of irregularities in EVMs. Even the BJP is calling them wrong, but amid all this, the statement made by Elon Musk, the world's richest man and CEO of SpaceX, regarding EVMs has given the matter air.
Congress used Musk's statement as a weapon,
What did Elon Musk say? Elon Musk said, “I am a technician and I just want to say that voting should not be done through EVMs. Because EVMs can be hacked. EVMs are connected with computer programming and it is possible to hack them.” His statement is important because he is constantly working with scientists on various projects.
Congress weaponized Musk's statement After Elon Musk's statement, Congress has again started raising this issue on social media. Some Congress leaders wrote on X, EVMs can be hacked… Now tell me if Musk is also lying.
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