India, elections that are 10 times Mexico's size

By Barbara Anderson

"Everything is bigger in Texas"... no, everything is bigger in India. 

The largest democratic elections in recent history began this Friday. With a population of almost 1,000 million people, it is 10 times the size of the electoral process that we will experience in a few weeks in the country.

But these are not the only dantesque facts about the elections that are taking place in this Asian subcontinent: 

● 1 million polling places with 5 million electronic ballot boxes

● 2 kilometers is the maximum distance each person must travel to vote.

● 15 million polling place officials monitor the process

● 6-week voting period (ends June 4)

● Voting is not compulsory but historically 70% of the electoral roll votes. 

● 13.4 million Indians in exile eligible to vote remotely