It is about time that Pakistan came out of the dark ages and got rid of the paper ballot system!
Best way to avoid rigging and ensure free, fair, impartial and transparent elections is to have at the most 2-3 polling stations per city. Venues like stadiums or converting a huge piece of land into a temporary polling stations with tight security, media and observer presence. (This would avoid having numerous small polling stations that are easy targets for armed groups to target and take over for rigging purposes). These stadiums can be properly organised to contain enough entry/exits and multitude of electronic polling kiosks within to ensure quick turnaround and avoid long queues. Using biometric fingerprints where finger prints are linked to NIC through the NADRA database a person is identified on the kiosk, and upon positive identification he/she selects candidate and submits their vote.
A large screen overhead would show voting turnout in real time per constituency. At 5pm, hit button to publish result and everyone knows outcome.
It would require some investment but surely can be done!
Best way to avoid rigging and ensure free, fair, impartial and transparent elections is to have at the most 2-3 polling stations per city. Venues like stadiums or converting a huge piece of land into a temporary polling stations with tight security, media and observer presence. (This would avoid having numerous small polling stations that are easy targets for armed groups to target and take over for rigging purposes). These stadiums can be properly organised to contain enough entry/exits and multitude of electronic polling kiosks within to ensure quick turnaround and avoid long queues. Using biometric fingerprints where finger prints are linked to NIC through the NADRA database a person is identified on the kiosk, and upon positive identification he/she selects candidate and submits their vote.
A large screen overhead would show voting turnout in real time per constituency. At 5pm, hit button to publish result and everyone knows outcome.
It would require some investment but surely can be done!
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