Election Commission spokesperson shared that currently many countries in the world are partially using EVMs in the electoral stages, but Brazil and India are two such countries where EVMs are being used at the national level. In view of the fact that Brazil’s electoral system is among the best and most technologically advanced in the world, a high-level delegation of the Election Commission decided to visit Brazil.
During the three-day visit, the Pakistani delegation was led by Chief Election Commissioner Mr. Sikandar Sultan Raja Sahib while the delegation included Provincial Election Commissioner (Punjab) Mr. Ejaz Anwar Chauhan, Director General (Information Technology) Mr. Muhammad Khizr Aziz and Director Nadeem Zubair.
Election Commission spokesperson shared , “During the visit, the Pakistani delegation had useful, purposeful and constructive meetings with the heads of various departments of “Tribunal Superior Electoral (TSE)”, the organization responsible for the administration and regulation of elections in Brazil. It was organized by Secretary Communication and Multimedia, Secretary Information Technology and Head of Identification Management Department.”
In these meetings, the Brazilian election officials gave detailed briefings to the Pakistani delegation on the electoral system in use in Brazil, its various stages and the use of Electronic Voting Machines (EVM).
The important issues that were discussed during the meetings include “Measures to strengthen social trust in the electoral process”, “Introduction of Brazilian EVM”, “Identification System used in the electoral process”. and included topics such as “Special Consultation/Guidance to Remedy Disinformation”. Practical use of EVMs was also demonstrated for the Pakistani delegation to observe.
At the end of these meetings, an important meeting was held between the Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan Mr. Sikandar Sultan Raja and the President of the Brazilian Tribunal Superior Electoral (TSE) and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Brazil, Mr. Alessandre Demorais, during which various important issues including e The use of VMs was discussed in detail.
The Election Commission will continue to further study the electoral system of Brazil in the context of the use of EVMs in pilot projects in Pakistan and to fulfill this important task, the Information Technology Wing and the Project Management Unit (PMU) of the Election Commission will jointly But they will prepare a plan of action for the future.
Tazeen Akhtar 
