I think the most important facet in India is that it produces totals in the voting place, immediately after voting ends, and those don't surprise the well-infor

I think the most important facet in India is that it produces totals in the voting place, immediately after voting ends, and those don't surprise the well-informed observers who are generally present. This mechanism is difficult to use in the US, of course, where observers have a much less clear picture of how the voting went.