UPDATE 1 (13/05/2013 | 2:32PM)
Following the publishing of this project, we have received a lot of positive feedback from you guys. A lot of you want to collaborate and contribute to make this New Voting System a reality.
First: thanks! Second: Please consider this an opensource, community project for the cause of free democracy in our country.
Use this space and our Facebook page as an open place to discuss ideas and offer contribution.
We look forward to seeing A New Way to Vote become a reality!
Regards, The Desi Design Team
As many of us voted for the first time in our lives, we got to see firsthand many things that are a hallmark of elections and indeed any democratic process in the country. Mismanagement, overt corruption, rigging and general dhaandli, heat, confusion to name a few. But here we are exploring how a modern, techy, user-friendly and dhaandli-free election system could be, maybe 10 years from now! 
Well, what do you think?
The design is awesome. Very clear and to-the-point. But the use of the colours green (I understand this being there to represent Pakistan) makes the whole appear less visually clear. I think a white or off-white background would do. Also if this design has not been sent for use in polling stations, please use an Urdu word in place of “Conformation” in Roman Urdu. So as to keep the language pure and error-free. Moreover, I really wish this design could work at all polling stations and the technology in use is efficient so that this kind of user-friendly process can be made productive.
thanks for sharing your thoughts!
aarrghhh …. the typography made my eyes bleed 😛
This is exactly what I was thinking, but unfortunately this cant be done. The government couldnt provide enough polling staff so we can forget dreaming about electronic machines. That being said I totally wish this can happen.
Design wise, awesome! Concept wise? I am not so sure. Not everyone has access to a computer or internet and using NIC and mobile/ecp confirmation codes can get tricky. I think a better solution will be using the new smart ID cards, and having biometric Kiosks at polling stations. You walk in, insert your smart NIC, scan your thumb, and then vote. The only thing you would need to control will be physical and gun violence. Deploy security at the front gates perhaps?
Hi Uzair. Thanks for your comment! This election website/app can run on anything including personal devices AND public kiosks! So imagine these ATM like kiosks at polling stations where people who don’t have access to personal devices can come and cast their vote. Also, physical/gun violence is a VERY real concern, and we havent been able to deal with it well this election season.
That said, your idea about using the new chip CNIC is also very practical.
one more thing, with this, many people wont need to physically go anywhere just to cast their vote. can be done right from your living room. imagine the joy of the people who couldnt vote because its registered in another city, or they are outside Pakistan!
Agreed. But i think biometric/fingerprint scanners are absolutely necessary. They can probably connect instantly to the NADRA database to verify voters. NADRA already has such KIOSKS in many cities.
On a different note, the comments div has shrunk to 260 pixels. Will it help if you add ”
width: 94% !important;” to the comments css in the template?
thanks. we are actually facing a few bugs in the mobile version of the site, so the smaller comments box is a temporary solution to make it usable on smaller screens. working on a fix.
Awesome! Thanks
Nice thought. keep up the good work.. and i hope this concept can be seen soon enough..
thanks!
This is an amazing concept, it could be completely implemented on touch devices that way the people don’t have to be too much computer literate to use this software. I am software engineer and I think this could be implemented in a viable solution , a working prototype of this application should not be so difficult to prepare. Let me know if you are interested in continuing this project. I can volunteer to implement its prototype.
thanks ayaz! will definitely get in touch if things work out! 🙂
BRILLIANT. I’d love to help and support and push this ANY way. Maybe setup funding for such an app on Kickstarter or some other crowdsourcing website? Let the PEOPLE work towards this!
thanks Sarah! Let us discuss this further in the morning, when other members of our team are also up! And of course, thanks for the love!
Thumb prints would work. Having to put too much data does not make sense.
thanks for dropping by Raheel. Copying the reply I posted on Facebook here: great idea for public kiosks, but not doable for personal devices IMO. and personal devices in personal spaces is a big part of this concept. what do u think?
Great Idea… but the blockish urdu handwriting is painful. You need to make it a bit more user-friendly. And we can get the overseas votes in as well also. You really need to push this idea forward. Will also be a means to cut down rigging, hopefully.
yep, this can be COMPLETELY corruption proof if the authorities want. thanks for the feedback!
It’s a good idea, but it won’t work for illiterate people, or people who don’t have the necessary equipment.
loved it…i want ths to happen in pakistan….hatts off to the designer..keep up the awesome work 🙂
thanks Asra!
Hey there, wanna help you guys set up a video for this on kickstarter and promote you on social media, love the concept, very close to my heart, also i am willing to commit resources that are at my disposal to get this up and going.
thanks! will get in touch soon!
Great idea!
thanks Hasan!
Love this! Somebody show this to the government officials!