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Elon Musk Praises India's Electoral System, Takes Dig At Counting In US
The Statesman
|November 25, 2024
Tesla CEO and American billionaire Elon Musk, who is a close aide of US President-elect Donald Trump, praised India's electoral system for its remarkable speed in delivering results in a single day and took a dig at counting of votes in the US since California is still yet to declare results of the presidential polls.
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He highlighted how India managed to count 640 million votes in just one day during the Lok Sabha elections, while the US state still continues counting.
This story is from the November 25, 2024 edition of The Statesman.
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