968.8 million[1] citizens were eligible to vote in the 2024 general elections in India, making it the largest in the history of any democracy in the world. Managing this large electorate is not an easy task. Since the first general elections were held in 1951-52, ballot papers contained the names of candidates, the parties they represent and electoral symbols. On completion of voting, booth workers assigned by the Election Commission of India (ECI) will count the votes by hand. One of the concerns which emerged in this era was “booth capture” wherein party-workers could engage in voter suppression or stuffing ballot boxes with fake votes by intimidating booth-level officials.