Voter list
Molla Mohammad Shaheen Dept of English, DU
A study of Washington based National Democratic Institute for International Affairs revealed that one out of twelve names in the voter list is erroneous in Bangladesh. The report is apparently authentic and rational enough. A fake voter list is a threat to the smooth functioning of our nascent democracy. To conduct a fair and free poll a flawless electoral roll is a pre-requisite for any democratic country. We came to know that the Election Commission is going to revise the existing voter list to make it updated so that it can conduct the next national election smoothly. And for this our CEC has talked to myriad so-called political parties of the country to get their feedback. So far we know the existing voter list of our country is very much flawed. Many sham names are incorporated in the list to rig the election. The mechanism to make the list accurate is not modern and the people who are assigned to do it are not well trained for such kind of work. The voter list must be updated urgently. All the names of those who are dead should be deleted and all the eligible ones should be included in the new list so that they can exercise their voting right.
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