198 Elections And Bhartiya School Of Business and Economics Part: 1
Dakshin Bhartiya Empire, the day of the election.
It was declared a national holiday by the governnt for the obvious reason that it was the day of the elections.
The candidates had been campaigning non-stop in the local areas. Although not yet mature, the style of future politicians could be seen in the shadows of these premature politicians. This political race also highly elevated the lower caste people, as there was a reservation for them of 30%. With a representative for every taluk and district of The Empire, these winners in the local areas could, in the future, move to higher heights as ministers of parliant. Each minister of parliant is a representative of a million people; hence, the parliant of the Empire currently has 35 vacant seats.
For the state parliant, it is different, as the proportion equal to that of the national Parliant was selected for the state Parliant. On average, a state parliant minister beca a representative of anywhere from 100,000 to 500,000 people, depending on the state and population density of the area the candidate is campaigning.
*Step step step*
Neat, orderly marching steps rang out throughout every major city and town in the empire. It was the sound of trained, on-duty soldiers marching, in a neatly ordered formation. The elections were again held in various governnt schools of the Empire, mainly for their spacious infrastructure, along with their nurous use cases.
The security asures arranged by Kishore Balabhadra were heavier than what he had arranged for the civil examinations. Even if there is a mistake in the civil exam, the largest disaster that could happen is so candidates passing the exam due to malpractice. The worst outco of this could be having an ignorant and unqualified person in civil service, accustod to getting things for himself in an easier way rather than through hard work. Although it is also very damaging to the civil exam system, it is not the end of the world, as the person who cheated could always be caught during performance indicators.
However, once there is a problem with elections, like ballot box stuffing or more serious issues such as staff manipulating the voters, the consequences will be disastrous. Most likely, the candidate winning the election would not be a kind person if he went through the trouble of manipulating the votes and would go to any lengths to get what he wants, even if his path is filled with evil.
To be cautious, Kishore Balabhadra decided to utilize a total of 30,000 active soldiers as a security asure. Similar to how he handled the civil exams, he distributed these soldiers according to the voting density of people in an area. Polling booths had already been arranged 24 hours before the election. A special paper was also procured by the Raya and Shetty paper mill, which was specially manufactured for the sole purpose of elections. It was shipped in the morning at 4 am to different polling stations in the empire. Officers were placed in various polling booths of the Empire, waiting for the first voter.
Amravati, Amravati Public School, Polling Booth.
A man entered Amravati Public High School. He wore neat clothes, although not expensive or luxurious, it could be seen that they had been taken good care of. This person entered the polling booth after presenting all his credentials at the door where the military was stationed for proof.
"Na?" going inside, the officer at the polling booth asked.
"Hari Atharv," he said. Yes, this is the sa Hari Atharv who worked at a bookstore to learn and improve his knowledge. By the way, he was also the sa Hari who stood up for the election as a candidate. Fortunately, Hari was one of the 1,065,652 candidates who managed to pass the civil exams. He was very surprised by the result he got, as he had achieved a very good grade, almost in the top percentile. Although he had already expected that he would get a good grade since the question paper was very simple, he did not expect that he would make it to the top 5%.
Today, he had co to the Amravati polling station to cast his vote.
After the election officer heard the na, he searched through his docunts and finally found the na. After verifying the details again, he led Hari inside the polling booth. When he got inside the polling booth, there was another person waiting beside the door who guided him on how to cast his vote. He was given a special kind of paper that contained a list of symbols along with nas that he recognized to be his opponents.
Listening to the explanation from the officer, Hari nodded his head as the officer went back to his corner near the door. Hari Atharv brought the paper to the tal desk where it was positioned in such a way that the only visual of the desktop was from behind, where it was blocked off by a wall. The remaining three sides of the desk had elevated wooden planks to disrupt the sight of anyone looking at the person casting the vote.
Hari Atharv was very satisfied with the arrangents made by the observer. "Looks like a lot of thought went through in this election," he thought as he went through the symbols and nas of everyone on the list. He found his na at the 12th position of the list with the symbol of a feather. He chose the feather as a symbol to signify his own beginnings as a lowly chicken rearer for the master and also to signify his importance to education.
After taking the wooden seal with a stamp written 'Vote' in red ink that he was provided with, he pressed the stamp on his own symbol. He folded the vote paper as instructed and dropped it inside the ballot box beside him. While leaving the room, which only had a single door, he also got a blue ink marking on his left index finger. He was doubtful about why he was inked, but soon he ca to the conclusion that this may be so that once a person cast his or her vote, they would not be allowed again.
After reaching this conclusion, he tried to wipe the ink away to see if it would co off, but as expected, the ink did not budge even when washed with water. After Hari Atharv left, only three people were waiting to cast their votes. This is because even though 1,065,652 candidates are a lot, they are spread across an empire with a size of more than 1 million sq km. Hence, in small polling booths like the one in Amravati, the total eligible voters are only in the hundreds spread out throughout the day. Hari, who saw the voters, did a namaskar for them and did not forget to campaign, "Please don't forget to vote for the feather symbol." Voters who heard this smiled and nodded to show that they would.
More and more people turned up as voting was publicized as a fundantal and important right of a citizen. Not voting was considered equivalent to throwing away one's own voice from being heard. This is why, out of all the 1,065,652 candidates, the majority of them showed up to vote, leaving only a few hundred people who could not make it due to a variety of reasons.
During the elections, sothing historic also happened in the Dakshin Bharatiya Empire. All 10% of the won who had passed in the civil exams showed up to vote. Although won are not denied anything even in the ancient Panchayat system, they are still at a disadvantage when it cos to competition with n. This right to vote was seen as a once-in-a-lifeti chance, so the won of the empire did not miss the Opportunity. Also, their being allowed to vote did not cause an uproar in the empire, as Vijay also ca up with a special Voting Act according to which won would lose their right to vote during ergency situations, like during a war. Vijay implented this after rembering what happened in Ukraine in the 21st century. Even though the won of Ukraine were not responsible for anything that happened during the war, that situation clearly signified that for most of human existence, won were not allowed to vote. It is because for most of human existence, people have been at constant wars, and more likely than not, it was always the man who ended up dying in wars, just like what happened in the 21st century as all the won were able to evacuate warzone's in Ukraine while the n were required to fight the war.
The first woman who voted in this election was a 23-year-old Deepika from the Guntur district of Kakatiya Puri state. She had been a rchant's daughter, which was one of the reasons for her literacy. Her husband being open-minded was also one of the reasons for her being given permission to study and write for the civil exams. Her husband works as a captain in the army, and being enlightened with more liberal ideas, he did not even stop Deepika from accepting the offer given by the Ministry of Trade and Comrce after she passed the civil exams on the condition that she quits the job after their children are born.
The voting ballot used by Deepika to exercise her voting rights would later be preserved and displayed in a museum, titled "The First Female of the Bharatiya Empire to Vote, voted through this ballot." The decision to use a physical ballot rather than a voting paper was made to maintain transparency and fairness in the election process. In contrast to so other systems, where individuals may have to declare their votes, the Bharatiya Empire's approach ensures the secrecy of each voter's choice.
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