Tomorow 18 Febraury is the day for General elections in pakistan. Lets share some vote casting experience (if any)
In pakistan, typically educated youth , professionals and rich people dont cast their votes at all. Although they love to indulge in criticising each and every govt and share their perspective on good and bad governance.
I have casted my vote several times in past years. I will share the details of each episode shortly.
Do you cast your vote in elections ?
Please share if you have ever casted your vote in an election. Tell us about the region and constituency. and how was your experience ?
Thanks. we hope that it brings some positive changes, we need desperately.
Not just pakistan. Please tell us about your experience of casting vote in anywhere in the world. Most of the members dont live in pakistan anyway, Whether you are canadian national , US , British or indain. Please tell us about the experience :k:
I voted for the 1st time ever in our last elections. Previously I did not vote cos well there was no incentive. Basically no serious contenders to stand against our current leaders...rigging going to take place anyway....who going to look after my child...insecurity....all sorts of excuses.
But this time round, there was a buzz in the air...it was a close call...every vote would have counted...even the usual voters apathy was missing.
I was really motivated. But literally until the day before election, I had not made up my mind which candidate to vote for. On the day,it was peaeful and really an eerie heavy silence. Some family and friends went off early morning. As expected, the poling stations had not got their acts together and people queued for 3-4 hours. I really wanted to go but how could i leave my daughter for so long? So as I was despondent about losing my chance to be part of history,I got a phone call from my sis who had voted near a pollin station next to mine. She said my station does not look too crowded from outside when they passed it. So I left my daughter with my sister and went to my polling station by 12.30
On entering the school, I was shocked to see there were so many people inside as it looked quiet from outside. Anyway, I stood in the queue which included the initials of my surname...Phew...not too many people there.
They took my voters card and ID to check against the register...horror of horrors...they could not find my name. So I was asked to join the shorter line of people whose names not on register. I had to take comfort in the fact that even the main opposition presidential candidates name was not in the register in his polling station. Anyway i try my luck seeing that they were women officials. I said my baby is waiting at home for lunch and I will not be able to come back so please can you do something. Ping women...baby...food It worked. They fast track search for my name in another register and found it and I went in to cast my votes.
I felt really good and I hope in any future elections, I will be able to have my say...also I would encourage my daughters to be part of their country elections wherever they are.
