India, Oct. 5 -- The questions were once raised by the Opposition. Today, they are being raised from within the Election Commission itself. India's voters deserve an answer

For well over a year, the Opposition has been asking uncomfortable questions about India's electoral rolls. We were dismissed as bad losers, conspiracy theorists and politicians unwilling to accept the people's verdict. That argument has suddenly become much harder to make.

Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi recorded objections at least 14 times over 10 months to decisions and processes within the Election Commission. Their concerns reportedly ranged from decisions taken without their knowledge to changes in voter-registration procedures, del...