DIFFERENT countries have adopted the electronic voting system, with Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Finland, India, Italy and Kazakhstan being some of the examples.

It is time Pakistan adopted this system, which has advantages and provides security and automatic counting. It can also make the voting process free and fair.

Moreover, electoral reforms, with electronic voting system, may prevent future crisis regarding rigging in elections

If the electronic voting system is introduced in the future , it will be easier for all political parties to accept election results, as the chances of rigging will be minimised.

Naushaba Abid
Islamabad

Published in Dawn, August 28th, 2014