Election symbols are used in many countries, whether it is Liberia, Sudan or India, and George Iype wrote in Rediff why those symbols are used in India: One of the biggest problems for many voters in India, where a large part of the population is still illiterate, is how to identify their chosen candidates on the ballots. The Election Commission, thus, has the laborious task of allocating separate election symbols for each party and the innumerable independent candidates.
تستخدم رموز الانتخابات في العديد من الدول، سواء كانت ليبريا، السودان أو الهند.