{"id":127,"date":"2019-05-18T10:07:35","date_gmt":"2019-05-18T10:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/demo6.aiwalls.com\/photography2\/?p=127"},"modified":"2019-05-18T10:07:35","modified_gmt":"2019-05-18T10:07:35","slug":"selfie-crazed-india-promises-selfie-booths-to-voters-at-the-polls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.queidea.com\/?p=127","title":{"rendered":"Selfie-Crazed India Promises Selfie Booths to Voters at the Polls"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/demo6.aiwalls.com\/photography2\/wp-content\/pics\/20190516\/selfie_booth.jpg\" alt=\"selfie booth image \" width=\"1024\" height=\"837\" class=\" img-rounded jch-lazyload\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><sup><em>Photo by&nbsp;Martin Adams&nbsp;on&nbsp;Unsplash<\/em><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>How far is too far for a government to go to get its citizens to vote?<\/p>\n<p>It seems India has yet to find that line.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In a country with the highest rate of selfie deaths, the only natural thing to do is to use this penchant for good.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In India&#8217;s upcoming election season, voters will be able to show off their inked fingers (the way India prevents voter fraud) in a selfie booth right outside the voting polls.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"tl\">Some pictures from Gadchiroli\/Gondiya, Maharashtra pic.twitter.com\/ZxybXKP8Ee<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sheyphali Sharan (@SpokespersonECI) April 11, 2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;In some areas of the country, officials are launching competitions in order to encourage first-time, young voters to hit the polls.<\/p>\n<p>In Mizoram&#8217;s election, as an example, the top 3 selfies will earn 7,000, 5,000, and 3,000 rupees or $100, $72.50, and $43 consecutively.<\/p>\n<p>There is currently no word on what the District Election Officer of Kaushambi is offering in his selfie contest, but he has promised an award.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"editor\" style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>Editor&#8217;s Tip: Step up your post-processing game with AI-powered editing tools. Try Luminar for free.<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Selfie Point for #VoterAwareness. <br \/>Best 10 Selfie will be awarded. <br \/>*Share ur Selfie on<br \/>&#9670; Twitter @DMkaushambi, <br \/>&#9670; Facebook &#8220;Loksabha Nirvachan Kaushamb&#8221; it&#8217;s Group #SelfieIwillVoteforKaushambi<br \/>&#9670; Whatsapp Group no. 6307914492.#GoVote#SVEEP@ECISVEEP @ceoup pic.twitter.com\/7ud9wWN1UV<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; District Election Officer\/DM Kaushambi. (@DMkaushambi) April 8, 2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>How would you feel about doing something similar in your country?&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Learn More:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>TripAdvisor Just Released List of 10 Most Popular Photography Destinations in the World Spring Breakers Beware: It&#8217;s Illegal to Selfie in These 10 Places <\/p>\n<p>Via Quartz India<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo by&nbsp;Martin Adams&nbsp;on&nbsp;Unsplash How far is too far for a government to go to get its citizens to vote? It seems India has yet to find that line.&nbsp; In a country with the highest rate of selfie deaths, the only natural thing to do is to use this penchant for good.&nbsp; In India&#8217;s upcoming election season, voters will be able to show off their inked fingers (the way India prevents voter fraud) in a selfie booth right outside the voting polls.&nbsp; Some pictures from Gadchiroli\/Gondiya, Maharashtra pic.twitter.com\/ZxybXKP8Ee &mdash; Sheyphali Sharan (@SpokespersonECI) April 11, 2019 &nbsp;In some areas of the country, officials are launching competitions in order to encourage first-time, young voters to hit the polls. In Mizoram&#8217;s election, as an example, the top 3 selfies will earn 7,000, 5,000, and 3,000 rupees or $100, $72.50, and $43 consecutively. There is currently no word on what the District Election Officer of Kaushambi is offering in his selfie contest, but he has promised an award.&nbsp; Editor&#8217;s Tip: Step up your post-processing game with AI-powered editing tools. Try Luminar for free. Selfie Point for #VoterAwareness. Best 10 Selfie will be awarded. *Share ur Selfie on&#9670; Twitter @DMkaushambi, &#9670; Facebook &#8220;Loksabha Nirvachan Kaushamb&#8221; it&#8217;s Group #SelfieIwillVoteforKaushambi&#9670; Whatsapp Group no. 6307914492.#GoVote#SVEEP@ECISVEEP @ceoup pic.twitter.com\/7ud9wWN1UV &mdash; District Election Officer\/DM Kaushambi. (@DMkaushambi) April 8, 2019 How would you feel about doing something similar in your country?&nbsp; Learn More: TripAdvisor Just Released List of 10 Most Popular Photography Destinations in the World Spring Breakers Beware: It&#8217;s Illegal to Selfie in These 10 Places Via [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":128,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[160,159,162,161,146],"class_list":["post-127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reviews","tag-crazed","tag-india","tag-polls","tag-promises","tag-selfie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.queidea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.queidea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.queidea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.queidea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.queidea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.queidea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.queidea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.queidea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.queidea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.queidea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}