The Elections Commission (EC) has revealed that over 86,000 people have so far re-registered to vote in a different constitution from their native one, ahead of the upcoming presidential elections.
EC member Ahmed Akram stated that the commission received more re-registration forms than expected this year. Akram further added that the commission expects to receive over 95,000 re-registration forms over the extended deadline until 12:00 a.m, Saturday.
The commission also stated that some re-registration forms may be rejected due to issues during the verification process, and may cause a decline in the final number of re-registered people.
A total of 60,000 re-registry forms were submitted during the presidential elections in 2013. However, only 58,000 re-registry forms were accepted.
EC revealed that a period of three days will be given to file complaints after processing the submitted re-registry forms.
Due to concerns of possible foul play by political parties, EC had earlier decided that forms will be individually checked and verified by the police.
EC will be placing 491 ballot boxes for the presidential election slated for September 23, while 263,000 individuals have been listed as eligible to vote.
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