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Showing posts with label general elections in Pakistan 2013. Show all posts
Showing posts with label general elections in Pakistan 2013. Show all posts

Thursday, June 13, 2013

A chit for cheat

You are not election observer in Pakistan, if you don't know "per chit".  Per chit is a small paper contains name and poll stations where the voter cast the vote. It is not official document for eligible voters, since the only valid document was CNIC (Identity Card), however, without per chit, many voters were not allowed to enter some polling booths or polling stations. 

Left is per chit provided by PML-N, and right is by PTI.

Left is per chit provided by PML-N, and right is by PTI.
In Indonesia, Thailand and Sri Lanka, per chit is provided by Election Commission and delivered to voters’ home by postman or by person in charge.  

Indonesian chit for Gubernatorial Election of DKI Jakarta, Second Round, 20 September 2012 

In Indonesia, the similar chit is C-6 Form (surat undangan) and it is mentioned the name, location of PS and sometimes certain time to cast the vote, in order to avoid the crowd at one time. The logo is Election Commission.

In Pakistan, the ECP doesn't do to help voters to find the polling station, so the political parties take initiative. And what happened? They make per chit with their symbol and the voters bring this inside the polling station. And it is part of violation because it is campaign inside the polling station.

Saturday, May 25, 2013

Menstempel kertas suara


Pakistan tidak mencoblos atau mencontreng seperti Indonesia, tapi menstempel. Stempelnya kecil banget, jadi ketika digunakan pada hari H, agak sulit dicek apalagi kalau distempel di lambang partai. Apalagi model penghitungan surat suaranya tidak dibuka dan dibeberkan kepada para hadirin. Hadirinnya juga terbatas, hanya boleh saksi partai dan observer.



Pakistan don't use nail or pen to mark the ballot paper, but a stamp like this. But the stamp is too small, especially when the voter stamped on the symbol of party. And, the way of counting process in Pakistan is different. The poll workers opened the ballot and arranged according to the parties and there was no need to show the ballot paper to the attendance. The attendance was limited only for polling agents and observers.