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Voting Operations
VO003
Electors vote at
Question: Where can electors vote?
Answer(s):
a . At a specified polling station in the locality where they are registered at national elections f . By mail i . By tendered ballot
Comments: Within one week after appointment of Returning Officers, the Commission shall provide, in the prescribed format, a list
of proposed polling stations for each constituency to the Returning Officer of that constituency indicating the electoral areas assigned to each polling station and publish the list on its website.
The following persons may cast their votes by
postal ballot in such manner as may be prescribed—
(a) a person referred to in sub-sections (2) or (3) of section 27;
(b) a person appointed by the Returning Officer, including police
personnel, for the performance of any duty in connection with an
election at polling station other than the one at which he is entitled
to cast his vote;
(c) a person with any physical disability who is unable to travel and
holds a National Identity Card with a logo for physical disability
issued by the National Database and Registration Authority; and
(d) a person detained in a prison or held in custody.
If a person representing himself to
be a voter applies for a ballot paper when another person has already represented
to be that voter and has voted under the name of the person so applying—
(a) if the applicant meets the requirements of identity verification laid
down in section 84, he shall be entitled, subject to the provisions of
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the section to receive a ballot paper (hereinafter referred to as
―Tendered Ballot Paper") in the same manner as any other voter;
Source: Election Act including 2023 amendments, art. 59, 85 and 90: https://ecp.gov.pk/storage/files/2/Elections%20Act%202017%20updated/Updated%20Elections%20Act%202017-231011-105435.pdf
Verified: 2024/11/25
VO004
Voting outside the country is permitted for
Question: Who can vote from outside the country?
Answer(s):
a . Outside the country voting is not permitted
Comments: The Commission may conduct pilot projects for voting by Overseas Pakistanis in Bye-elections to
ascertain the technical efficacy, secrecy, security and financial feasibility of such voting and shall share the results with the Government, which shall, within fifteen days from the commencement of a session of a House after the receipt of
the report, lay the same before both Houses of Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament).
Source: Election Act including 2023 amendments, art. 94: https://ecp.gov.pk/storage/files/2/Elections%20Act%202017%20updated/Updated%20Elections%20Act%202017-231011-105435.pdf
Verified: 2024/11/25
VO005
Locations for voting outside of the country
Question: If voting outside the country is permitted, at what places?
Answer(s):
h . Not applicable
Comments:
Source: Election Act including 2023 amendments, art. 94: https://ecp.gov.pk/storage/files/2/Elections%20Act%202017%20updated/Updated%20Elections%20Act%202017-231011-105435.pdf
Verified: 2024/11/25
VO011
Voting method
Question: How do electors cast their votes?
Answer(s):
a . Manually marking of ballots
Comments: He shall be required to receive a personal mark, made with indelible ink, on any finger or thumb of either hand as indicated by the Commission;
Source: Election Act including 2023 amendments, art. 84 (3-c): https://ecp.gov.pk/storage/files/2/Elections%20Act%202017%20updated/Updated%20Elections%20Act%202017-231011-105435.pdf
Verified: 2024/11/25
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