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Chaos of the Voter Lists - General Elections 2014

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Faith of the Indians in democracy is seen at its highest when India votes in the General Elections of 2014. In the past month, as the election campaign has reached its zenith, in terms of their pitch, the 'Yes! I will vote' movement has also gained considerable popularity. And through both, the individual election campaigns of the candidates and the voter awareness campaigns, India wants to - no, was looking forward to, casting its vote in the 5 phases of voting spanning across its boundaries. And it was truly a Dance of Democracy! In the first phases, encouraging voter turnouts to as high as 85% in the North East propelled peoples' imaginations and everyone eagerly awaited the day when they could cast their vote, elect their leader and be a part of the system that forms our government. But the reality of the system that allows citizens to cast their votes was rudely inept, inefficient and grossly mismanaged when 121 constituencies of India went for vote on