Draft Electoral Roll 2007 Flawed but Fixable

The Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN), a coalition of thirty leading Pakistani civil society organizations, was established in 2006 to observe the election process, educate voters, and advocate for electoral and democratic reform. From June 13 to July 18, 2007, FAFEN conducted a statistically valid audit of the 2007 draft electoral roll and found that this…

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Bonded Voting, Election Rules Violations Characterize Jhang-VIII By-Election

FAFEN releases preliminary election observation report Bonded voting, an environment of intimidation, blatant disregard of rules and procedures by election officials and disinterest of political parties followed by a lackluster election campaign characterized the by-election for PP-80, Jhang-VIII seat held on May 24, 2007, says the preliminary election observation report released by Free and Fair…

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