Election Commission Reports That 1.3 Million Voters Have Been Disenfranchised

 Canada Global(Web News)The Election Commission has rejected the reports of a large number of people being disenfranchised in the upcoming elections, saying that it had received the data of 8 lakh voters from NADRA on October 1. Not included in electoral rolls and registration of their data is in progress.

According to a report, the Election Commission clarified that all these people will be able to vote in the next general elections.

The Election Commission said that voter registration and voter data validation will continue till October 25. All persons will be registered as voters.

The Election Commission said that this analysis is contrary to facts and based on wrong information that according to the Election Commission data, 13 million voters will be disenfranchised.

The Election Commission said that under Section 27 of the Elections Act, voters are registered on their identity card at their permanent or temporary address and it has nothing to do with population statistics.

The Election Commission’s statement came a day after an organization issued a statement saying that large numbers of voters are likely to be disenfranchised, leading to rigging and corruption in future general elections. There will be room.

Patton’s analysis is based on a comparison of the total population of districts across the country and the registered voters in those districts as per the latest census, adding that there are also clear differences in registered voters at the district and constituency levels.

For example, according to a statement issued by Patan, 78% of the population of Murree and 75% of the population of Jhelum are registered as voters.

According to the statement, the registration rate in Kohistan is only 18 percent, in the districts of Panjgur, Kech, Khuzdar, Sorab, Shirani, Washak, Kohlu, only 25 percent of the population is registered as voters.

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