%A Ajit Ranade
%T Can technology help make elections cleaner?
%! Can technology help make elections cleaner?
%X The Supreme Court recently rejected a petition which asked that “criminal” candidates be disqualified from contesting elections. These are candidates who have been charged with criminal cases such as murder, attempted murder, extortion, rape, kidnapping or embezzlement, but have not been convicted of that crime. Since court cases can go on for decades, and a person is innocent until proven guilty, such people are not barred by electoral law from contesting elections. 
%U https://www.thebillionpress.org/columns/politics/can-technology-help-make-elections-cleaner-1360