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Voter verification: ECP launches SMS service
Citizens can SMS CNIC numbers to 8300 to check their registration status.
In a bid to remove errors from electoral lists, the Election Commission of Pakistan has launched a SMS service to facilitate 85 million voters to verify their votes. PHOTO: REUTERS/FILE
In a bid to remove errors from electoral lists, the Election Commission of Pakistan has launched a SMS service to facilitate 85 million voters to verify their votes.
The service has been launched in collaboration with the National Database and Registration Authority to help registered voters check the status of their votes and particulars.
Registered voters can send their Computerised National Identity Cards (CNIC) number without hyphens via SMS to 8300 at anytime from anywhere in the country. After sending the SMS, the voter will subsequently receive a message in Urdu containing their name, village, city, tehsil or district, location (electoral area) and the serial number of vote registered in the preliminary electoral rolls.
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I am a registered voter!
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Wonderful Service … Thumbs Up !
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No it doesn’t work on warid … I sent it but I didnt get any reply yet …
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Please advice for people who could not get registered. Can they still get themselves registered?
Thank you
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yes.. it’s working now :)
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I am registered Voter Hurrah!
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Not working, i tried, got no verification, no reply. WHY?
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Cool, it works, got response in few seconds.
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Cool, it works, got response in few seconds.
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Not getting the name. All other details r there. How do I find out if it’s in my name or not?
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Wooaah! I am voting too!
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When registration can be verified via SMS then why Election Commission of Pakistan don’t make Online Voting or SMS Voting..?? Why We Pakistanis people always being fool by Govt. through such actions?
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i live in khi…. why is my electoral area multan???
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excellent service!!!Recommend
@Haris: Cause the system is unreliable and the implementation of the system is expensive. Even US uses computers to vote, but the voting machines are at the polling station.
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Another vote of PTI…:)
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thats really owesumm
thanks to ECP for take a good step
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Checked for my whole family….8 votes for PTI from Karachi…
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Wrong electoral area for me! How do i get it corrected? I know a few other ppl who have the same problem… Vote is registered but in the wrong electoral area where they have never ever lived!!! Any help ECP???
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It’s working for me too. I will be Voting for PTI.
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My electoral area is not what I’ve received through this msg service…what to do now???
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A brilliant and praiseworthy move! Thumbs up to ECP, Supreme court and particularly Imran Khan for these efforts! I bet these elections will be a historic one, and different frm previous elections!
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I got my cnic number and area, but not my name in the message. is this an issue?
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My vote is fine but I’ve seen a few cases of wrong electoral areas among people I know. Fake votes?
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Require Urdu fonts….
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Zabardast service, its working, checked out all family members.VOTING FOR PTI for first time in my life. Imran khan all the way to the top.
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@Basij: wrong…I sent the message from Warid and received a prompt reply on my voting status!
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i sent it and i got a location wrong which is not my electoral area what to do now………. ?
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my vote is registered under wrong constituency, how can i get it correct?
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I am a registered voter but my information such as district, location (electoral area) is incorrect and so is of my father, mother, brother, cousins, uncles. How can this happen and how can we get them changed?
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can anyone answer this plz, when i sent my CNIC number i did get the reply with correct electoral area but i have never registered myself as a voter like filling and submitting a form etc.. then how come i am registered?
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I live in Jouher, My Electoral area is Orangi # 16… wtf? Where to fix it?
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@ All Those who have complaints
Follow the steps:
1) Please contact your nearest ECP office as soon as possible. You will find the details and phone numbers of the persons responsible for every major city on the ECP website.
2) Contact the person and he would tell you about the local person responsible for making the electoral lists in your area.
3) Just contact that person and correct the mistakes or register your complaints.
*Remember this is very important to remove these mistakes .Otherwise it might be used as a bogus vote *
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Hurrayyy!! I got my vote registered for all my family members!!
PTI all the wayyyyyyyyyyyy!!!! :D
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how can i change my electoral area???plz telll
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I was registered last time in my village where I live. Currently, My Electoral Area is totally wrong. How Can I update ?
Can some one guide me properly???
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