LAHORE – Pakistan is all set to hold general elections tomorrow (Wednesday), marking the second consecutive democratic transition in the country.
Over 1,2000 candidates are vying for 270 national and 570 provincial assembly seats, while as many as 105.96 million voters will be able to use their right to vote.
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has made clear the criteria for a legitimate vote and which will not be taken into account.
Do’s
Here is the procedure to cast the vote as per Elections Act 2017.
- Check your polling station and constituency details by sending an SMS containing CNIC number without a dash.
- Bring your original valid or expired CNIC as other documents including Passport, driving license or CNIC photocopy are not valid.
- Stay in your designated queues for male and female voters and wait for your turn.
- Present your CNIC to polling officer for your verification.
- Polling officer will issue two ballot papers – green for the national assembly and white for provincial assembly – after your verification and thumb impression.
- Take ballot papers and go behind the voting screen and stamp on the symbol of the candidate of your choice. Make sure that you stamp on the right place and the ink mark is evident on the electoral symbol of the candidate you are voting for.
- Fold your ballot paper wisely dispatched in the designated box – Green ballot box should be dispatched in a box with the green lid while the White with the white lid.
- Give preference to patients, pregnant women, disabled, old, and transgender persons.
- The polling time is 8am till 6pm, and people who will in the premises of the polling station can cast their vote only after 6 pm.
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Don’ts
- Do not bring a mobile phone, camera or any other multimedia device in the polling station.
- Stamp only in the designated box for the candidate.
- Taking pictures of a casted vote is prohibited.
- Do not dispatch vote in other boxes.
- Do not make any mark or overwrite on the ballot paper other than the stamp on the symbol of the candidate of your choice.
- Do not engage in fight or a heated argument with the polling staff
