Economic Growth and Development of the Country through EVoting, Free and Fair Elections

Abstract

Elections are an important means to elect the democratic governments for a
specific period to rule the country and work for the growth and development of the
people. Voting, in this regard, is used as a tool in this democratic process. The
traditional voting systems witnessed low turnout of masses, result delays, rigging
and formation of handicap governments, litigation, protests and several other
problems including high cost of this futile exercise. In this scenario, e-Voting
(Electronic Voting) seems the ultimate solution to pull the county out of jeopardy
and helps in the creation of popular governments duly elected by the majority
votes of the masses. This study is an attempt to develop a solution model for all
such countries, including Pakistan, where Elections are of paramount importance,
but the outcomes of elections are compromised thereby resulting in weak
democratic system which remains vulnerable and lacks popular support of masses
in general.