Ahead of Polls in 4 States, SC Needs to Prioritise the Challenge to Electoral Bonds It is very unfortunate that cases involving challenges to rules of electoral funding that can derail democracy have such a low priority in the Supreme Court. Illustration: The Wire, Photos: Reuters Politics09/Mar/2021 Funds held by political parties has now become the most important determinant for winning elections, thanks to the first-past-the-post system. Voters know that only one candidate will win and only one political party will form the government, and therefore, they do not want to waste their vote by voting for people or parties that have no chance of winning. The assessment of which parties have some chance of winning is made on the basis of their visibility, which is mostly purchased by money by way of advertising, hoardings, paid workers and now even political rallies which people are asked to join for money.