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Pakistan
to have Electronic Voting Machines
Monday, October 11, 2010 12:58:54 PM,
IANS
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Islamabad:
Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) will be introduced in Pakistan
and some 200,000 EVMs would be procured before the general
elections, authorities said.
The Pakistani Election Commission plans to conduct a pilot project
during local government polls expected next year, Dawn reported.
The general elections were last held in 2008.
Sources said Saturday that a committee went into the the merits
and demerits of EVMs and it found the use of the technology in the
country feasible. The EVMs feasibility report has been sent to
President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani.
The committee observed that the Election Commission should
initiate the process for procurement of EVMs for the pilot
project. It also suggested that a request for quotations should be
sent to leading EVM vendors.
Sources said that billions of rupees would be required to
implement the project as some 200,000 EVMs would have to be
procured for general elections.
Though the cheapest EVM offered by an Indian company costs
Rs.25,000, the Election Commission wants to introduce a better
version.
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