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Pakistan Say No To Secret Ballots - Secret Ballots Invite Bribery & Corruption

When a person puts themselves forward to represent other people in public office, it’s imperative that the people they represent know exactly how they vote on every issue affecting their lives. Secret ballots invite bribery and corruption because public servants (politicians) can be influenced, bribed or black mailed by powerful vested interests, who wish to skew the outcome of ballots in a certain direction. As far as I am aware from my extensive travel to many Muslim countries and some research on this matter, Muslim communities historically had open voting. The exceptions being matters of sensitive national security which requires secrecy and therefore are decided behind closed doors. In order to bring more clarity and gravitas to this matter established and recognised Muslim Scholars are invited to please put forward their understanding, which can be posted online by Sharia Times. Please email submissions to [email protected] Related articles Modi bets on... Read more →

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