Option (b) – best reflects popular sovereignty. Popular sovereignty means supreme power belongs to the people, which citizens directly exercise by voting to elect and hold their governing representatives accountable during periodic, competitive, free elections.
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The situation reflects fundamental democratic values including open deliberation, mutual respect for diverse viewpoints, equal participation in collective decision-making, consensus building through peaceful discussion and honoring the collective will of the majority without conflict.
Conducting free and fair elections faces severe challenges including misinformation, fake news, voter intimidation, misuse of money power, criminalization of politics, administrative partiality and ensuring accessible voting infrastructure for marginalized and vulnerable communities.
State police officers on election duty vote using postal ballots or Election Duty Certificates, while armed forces soldiers stationed away vote electronically via the Electronically Transmitted Postal Ballot System or through designated proxies.
Special Intensive Revision is an ECI initiative to verify, correct and update electoral rolls through enumerator visits. It enfranchises newly eligible eighteen-year-olds and removes deceased or relocated voters to keep lists accurate.