Elon Musk on what US can ‘learn’ from India: Counts … – Times of India

Elon Musk recently praised India’s electoral process. Comparing the voting processes of the Lok Sabha 2024 elections in India and the United States of America (USA), the Tesla CEO wrote on X, formerly Twitter, “India counted 640 million votes in 1 day. California is still counting votes”. Now, he has shared another post criticizing the US vote counting system.
In a post on X, Mush wrote “Our system is broken”. He was replying to an X post that read “India – 640 MILLION counted in 1 day … Argentina – 99.9% of their 27M ballots counted WITHIN 6 HOURS… Lake County, California – 60% of their 25,000 ballots counted in 19+ days”.

Take a look at Elon Musk’s post here

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India conducted its Lok Sabha elections earlier this year, with more than 900 million eligible voters. In a historic turnout, a staggering 642 million people participated in the voting process. The country counted votes through Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), which have been in use since 2000.

Understanding the delay in California’s vote counting

In the United States, vote counting often takes weeks, particularly in states like California. Following the November 5 presidential election, California, the nation’s most populous state, faced significant delays, with over 300,000 ballots still uncounted weeks after polling day. This has sparked criticism from figures like Elon Musk, as well as from voters and analysts questioning the system’s efficiency.
Why the delay?
California relies heavily on mail-in voting, a process requiring multiple steps such as signature verification on envelopes, sorting, and opening ballots before they can be counted. Also unlike India’s centralized election oversight by the Election Commission of India (ECI), the United States depends on state and local election offices, each operating under different laws and resources, which can further slow the process.