Preliminary Electoral Rolls 2012 ACCURATE BUT INCOMPLETE An Assessment of Voter Lists Displayed for Public Scrutiny in March 2012 13% Voters not Verified in Areas of their Residence 20 Million Potentially Missing on Rolls ir Electio a n F N & e t w e e o r r k F FAFEN Free and Fair Election Network www.fafen.org Free and Fair Election Network Preliminary Electoral Rolls 2012: Accurate But Incomplete All rights reserved. Any part of this publication may be produced or translated by duly acknowledging the source. 1st Edition: June 2012. Copies 2,500 FAFEN is governed by the Trust for Democratic Education and Accountability (TDEA) TDEA-FAFEN Secretariat: 224-Margalla Road, F-10/3, Islamabad, Pakistan Email:
[email protected] Website: www.fafen.org Twitter: @_FAFEN Table of Contents Acknowledgments i Abbreviations ii Executive Summary 2 Background 6 Methodology of Assessment of PER 2012 8 Key Findings 10 1. One in every eight voters not verified at his/her address given in PER 2012 10 2. Families of almost two thirds of unverified voters also not found on addresses given in PER 2012 10 3. More women than men voters not verified at residential addresses 11 4. One fifth of adult population potentially not registered as voters 11 5. Negligible number of voters misallocated 12 6. Voter entries on PER 2012 highly accurate 14 7. Quality of Display Period 15 7.1 Voter accessibility to display centers 15 7.2 Facilitation of voters at display centers 16 7.3 Materials available at display centers 17 7.4 Participation of women voters 18 7.5 Participation