'It will seek to develop a deeper appreciation of and gather views on the suggested areas of reform, including, but not limited to, the introduction of identification cards for the purpose of voting, and the revision and updating of the
electoral register.'
'We are convinced that until we get our
electoral process on the right, consistent and progressively positive trajectory, our efforts at nation-building and promoting peace and progress shall remain epileptic.
Losing candidates are probably still preparing their petition and may start filing
electoral protest this week, the official said.
There are a number of states that split their
electoral votes depending on voting in that state, maybe that's an answer.
In the advisory, aACoeSeveral complaints have been received by the office Chief
Electoral Officer, Delhi alleging that certain unknown persons/entities/sources are regularly making misleading phone calls to the citizens of Delhi telling them that their names have been deleted from the
electoral roll and that the caller is trying to get the same restored in the
electoral roll."
On 1st December 2017, Government published the
Electoral (Amendment) Bill of 2017 which proposed to repeal and replace the 2016 Act while at the same time introducing Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail.
UNDP's Chief Technical Advisor, Mr Darren Nance, while addressing participants said 'We note the positive initiatives the Election Commission of Pakistan have undertaken to bolster inclusion, access and transparency in the
electoral process.
The Philippines currently has two other
electoral tribunals, which differ from the PET setup.
A senior officer of the ECP told Dawn that under Section 38 of the Elections Act, 2017, 'if the commission considers it necessary, on account of any gross error or irregularity in or in the preparation of an
electoral roll for any
electoral area or a part of an
electoral area or other cogent reasons including changes in the limits of that
electoral area or large scale displacement of population due to a natural calamity, it may, for reasons to be recorded, by order direct that the roll for such
electoral area or part of
electoral area shall stand cancelled and that afresh
electoral roll for that
electoral area or part of
electoral area be prepared'.
By NATION REPORTERThe
electoral commission on Monday dismissed claims that its chairman Wafula Chebukati had agreed to step down as "fake".