Systematic Voting

This blog is for the detail discussion that how the registration system of voting works here in Pakistan. Following are the steps through which the registration system go through. The steps are provided in sequence for the ease of readers.

•       For the National And Provincial assemblies demeanor, the election commission of Pakistan assign a District returning officer for each district and a returning officer for each electorate who are drained from amid the officers of the judiciary, the federal or provincial government and local authorities. Returning officers are mostly Additional district and session judges.
•        The list of where elections are polled are prepared by returning officers with the consent of district returning officer. No polling station can be located on the grounds of a candidate.
•    The list of supervising officers, assistant presiding officers and polling staff is organized by the returning officer to be sent to the district returning officer for the consent. The list is sent at least 15 days before the polls. It is the duty of Presiding officer to conduct the polls at the polling station plus the maintenance of law & order is also the primary duty of presiding officer. The Presiding officer is supported by the Assistant Presiding officers and polling officers.
•  By the announcement of Election Commission the dates of Election schedule,  nomination papers are tempted from the willing candidates.
•  Returning officer scrutinize nomination papers where they are accepted or rejected.
•   Plead against acceptance or rejection of nomination papers are filed with the appellate panel. Where they decide that whether such plead summarily within such time to may be informed by the commission and are order approved thereon shall be conclude.
• The wrap up list of the disputed nominee is to be prepared and will be published In the approved behavior by the Returning officer after inclusion of the verdict on appeals and after abandonment of application by the applicant if any.
• The symbols for Election are also allocated to the nominee by the Returning officer according to the party association or as an individual candidate, from the list of symbols which are permitted by Election commission.
•   The names of the participating candidates are then arranged in Urdu alphabetical sequence granting each symbol against his name which was associated with him or her.
• The dedicated Voter’s list is provided to each Returning officer by the ECP, which is then distributed along with the Presiding officers in accordance with the polling scheme and assignment of voters to each polling booth.
• Votes can be cast only at the dedicated polling booth which are provided in an electoral rolls against their names.
• As the election for both assemblies i.e. National assembly and provincial held on the same day, thus the voter is granted with two ballet papers for each assembly constituency.
• When a voter comes to cast his or her vote in polling station, the presiding officer upon identifying him or her through the identity card issued him or her the ballot paper.
• Without delaying the polling is held in polling station for 9 hours consecutively.
• After 9 hours the votes are counted right away at the polling station by the presiding officer in the presence of nominee’s, their election and polling agents.
• Presiding officer prepares a statement  after counting the ballot papers by specifying the number of votes that is counted in the favor of respected candidate and sent it to the returning officer along with the unused election material i.e. spoilt ballet papers, unused ballet papers etc etc .
• The presiding officer declare the result at the polling booth, also copying the result at the outside of polling booth.
• After having the acknowledgment of statement of counts, the returning officer compiles the prelude unofficial result and associate the result to the Election commission through fax or with the help of other print or electronic media.
• After the declaration of unofficial result, the returning officer dole out a notice to all the participating nominee’s and their agents regarding the day, time and place that is fixed for the consolidation of the result. In the presence of the nominee’s and their agents the returning officer merge up the results of the counting endowed by the presiding officer in the agreed approach including postal ballot that is received by him before the day of polling.
• Instantly after organizing the merged up statements from the returning officer transfer a copy to the ECP in the approved form which is then published by the names of returned candidates in the official gazette.

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