ECP unlikely to use modern techniques in NA-120 by-polls

[A Abbasi]

ISLAMABAD:

The Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) plan to use the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and the Biometric Verification Machines (BVM) during this month’s by-elections at Lahore’s NA-120 has had a setback as fingerprint data of thousands of voters of the constituency is missing.

The ECP had announced to use the EVMs and BVMs for test run at the NA-120 constituency from where Kulsoom Nawaz, wife of deposed prime minister Nawaz Sharif, is contesting after Sharif’s disqualification by the apex court on July 28. The by-polls for the seat are scheduled for September 17.

For using the modern technology, the ECP had asked the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) to provide fingerprint data of all the voters residing in the constituency. NADRA last month said it had provided all the necessary data to the ECP.

However, the ECP has now found that data of thousands of voters is missing. “After detailed examination and analysis, it was found that biometric fingerprints data of 29,607 persons out of 3,21,786 voters of NA-120 is missing” an ECP official revealed.

He said the ECP has asked NADRA to immediately provide the missing fingerprints, adding that otherwise the ECP might not be able to execute the project.

“The ECP has procured 100 biometric and 150 EVMs for this test run in the constituency,” he said, adding that for NA-120, the ECP plans to use the EVMs and BVMs as a pilot project. Results will be compiled on conventional voting though.

Earlier, the polls supervisory body was not be able to test biometric thumb verification machines at the July 9 by-polls at the Sindh Assembly’s PS-114 constituency as NADRA had failed to share with the ECP data of the constituency.

The ECP had announced to test biometric machines for voters’ verification in PS-114 Karachi as a pilot project and to submit its report to the parliamentary committee on electoral reforms which was working on new the election laws.

The Election Bill 2017, commonly known as electoral reforms bill, has been passed by the National Assembly and is now under consideration in the Senate. It has the provision to shift to modern technology gradually in order to make the election process transparent.

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[baba dina]

if all the NRIC require Finger Prints, it is BS. If these voters are using old NRIC may mean they are dead or fake as I assume nothing works on the OLD NRIC.. If voters don't have anything.. they are ghosts..

so plan B kicks in where everyone saying, voting N but what if most change their mind? If all the constituency redrawn line are not enough to cover? so then there should be something to resort to.. traditional BS policies of dinosaur age rigging framework..

These suckers who deny voters right to choose their representatives are scums and enemies of Democracy... the system which gives right to people..

 

[Mujahid Ali Awan]

We have been asking for this since before the last elections

WHAT THE F THIS MC BC Election commission has been doing?

The bottom line is that they can't afford to loose this election and they will do anything to make sure, Besharam Nawaz wins

 

[RajaRawal111]

تاندلی جی --- سدی جی گل - انگریزی وچ لکھی ہوئی

 

[mubarik Shah]

 

[Galaxy]

The system is set for coruption.excuses after excuses will come.

 

[majidwaraich]

Election jeetnay ka sawaal hai bachaa

 

[hassan.te]

حرام خوری سے فرصت ملے تو کچھ کام کا کام ہو یہاں۔ موبائل سم بھی اب پرانے شناختی کارڈ پہ نہیں ملتی، ہاں البتہ ووٹ ڈالا جا سکتا ہے۔۔۔

 

[Jalil Malik]

Ec of PMLN can't take risk of losing this seat. We can't expect any thing from this EC that makes election free & fair.

 

[Nadir Bashir]

Only possible solution to stop rigging should be as follows,

1. No one should be allowed to enter the Polling Station without ID Card Verification............

2. ID Card verification should be through ID Card Verification Machines and on the Lists provided by ECP.

3. Polling Agents and Security either by the Army or Police should not allow any person to enter polling station without making multi layer checks for example Agents, Police or Army....................

4. Count of Votes should match with the numbers at the entry and in the polling station.............

 

[back to the future]

Only possible solution to stop rigging should be as follows,

1. No one should be allowed to enter the Polling Station without ID Card Verification............

2. ID Card verification should be through ID Card Verification Machines and on the Lists provided by ECP.

3. Polling Agents and Security either by the Army or Police should not allow any person to enter polling station without making multi layer checks for example Agents, Police or Army....................

4. Count of Votes should match with the numbers at the entry and in the polling station.............

I'D verification machines are called bio matrix.
It is a process in which firstly you verify that the person name exist in voting list then at next stage you verify his credentials by way of thumb identification.

This is not being adapted as it would mean certain defeat for PMLN.

It also means that EC and it's machinery are on board with PMLN.

 

[chandaa]

ECP, NAB, SECP, FIA, STATE BANK, PUNJAB PULSE etc. are tools of Shar Mafia to keep them in power.

 

[desan]

There is no way you can win with PML-N in corruption, rigging and mud slinging...

 

[Glock]

Those 29000 are fake PMLN voters or "double voters" installed into NA 120 by PMLN..


The solution is not to scrap EVM or Biometric devices, but to scrap the 29000 fake votes!!!

ECP finding excuses to allow PMLN rigging without which Sharif khandaan stands NIL CHANCE!

 

[Saboo]

ECP will use the old 'Tried,Tested and True' method of dhandli.
Why try some thing else?

 

[BrotherKantu]

پی ایم ایل ن
کو صرف عوام کی طاقت سے ہرایا جاسکتا ہے پر پچانوے فی صد عوام تو خود چور ہے
قوم نے ایمانداری اور محنت سے روزی کمانا تو سیکھا ہی نہیں پی ایم ایل نون ختم ہو گئی تو چور قوم بھوکھ مر جاۓ گی.
کسی نے کھا اللہ کا عذاب اس قوم پر ائے گا تو یہ قوم سمجھے گی او اس سے بڑا اللہ کا عذاب کیا ہو گا کہ دنیا جہاں کی نعمتوں کی فراوانی کے با وجود قوم بھوکھی مر رہی ہے.