Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Arabic term or phrase:
البطاقة الدوارة
English translation:
revolving [pre-marked] ballot
Added to glossary by
Khalid W
Oct 28, 2010 02:44
13 yrs ago
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Arabic term
البطاقة الدوارة
Arabic to English
Social Sciences
Government / Politics
This is a term which seems to have been coined in 2005 in Egypt to describe a particular method of vote-rigging:
عمان جمعة: لأنهم يستخدمون البطاقة الدوارة اللي هو يدي له بطاقة تم التعليم عليها بالاسم المطلوب ثم يذهب ويراقبه شخص ثاني..
عمان جمعة: لأنهم يستخدمون البطاقة الدوارة اللي هو يدي له بطاقة تم التعليم عليها بالاسم المطلوب ثم يذهب ويراقبه شخص ثاني..
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +1 | The "revolving ballot" strategy |
Abdurrahman Asal
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| 4 +1 | rotating card |
Muhammad Atallah
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Proposed translations
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Abdurrahman Asal
Egypt
Egypt
Native in Arabic
Specializes in field
Egypt
Meticulous & Conscientious
Native in: Arabic
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English
Related KudoZ points
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4
Selected
The "revolving ballot" strategy
الاستمارة الدوارة
ومن ناحية أخرى، رصد مراقبو المنظمة المصرية وقوع عمليات تزوير عبر ما يعرف بنظام الاستمارة الدوارة وهو يتم عن طريق توزيع بطاقات إبداء الرأي على الناخبين قبل الانتخابات بيوم وتحديداً في مساء يوم الثلاثاء 6/9/2005، حيث وزعت تلك البطاقات غير مسودة ومختومة بخاتم لجنة الانتخابات، وفي صباح يوم الانتخابات تم استخدامها على النحو التالي "يتم تسويد البطاقة لصالح مرشح الحزب الوطني ثم تمنح لأحد الناخبين مما تم شراء أصواتهم ليدخل إلى اللجنة ويتسلم بطاقة إبداء الرأي من القاضي المشرف على الانتخابات والذي يقوم بإيداع البطاقة التي تم تسويدها في الصندوق ويخرج بالبطاقة البيضاء لمندوب الحزب الوطني خارج اللجنة ليسلمه إياها ويتسلم ثمن صوته الانتخابي، ثم يتم تسويد البطاقة لصالح مرشح الوطني وتسلم لناخب آخر ، وتدور الاستمارة بهذا الشكل الذي يؤكد شراء الأصوات الانتخابية ، وهذا ما حدث في دائرة كفر الشيخ .
http://www.eohr.org/ar/report/2005/re0900.shtml
So how do vote buyers ensure that the people they pay vote for the candidate they promised to? In the 1980s, vote buyers used to split a bill in half and promise to give the person the other half of the bill upon completion of voting.11 In recent years, new
mechanisms have been developed to ensure that the vote broker gets a vote for his chosen candidate. With the advent of the camera phone, voters now capture their voting in a photo to show to the vote buyer upon leaving the polling station.12 The first chapter of Ali al- Sawy's book, How are Elections Forged?" (Kayf tuzawir al-intikhabaat? ) describes what is known as the "revolving ballot" strategy (al-Sawy et. al. 2005, page 9). At the beginning of the day a voter leaves the polling station without having voted. This ballot is then filled out by the vote broker and handed to the vote seller. The vote seller submits this ballot in the polling station and returns a blank ballot to the vote broker. The vote seller is paid after coming out of the station with this blank ballot. This process is then repeated throughout the day (al-Sawy et. al. 2005, pages 9-11). In this way the vote buyer always fills out the ballot without fear that the voter will have a chance to make his own choice.
http://www.stanford.edu/~blaydes/Turnout.pdf
Please refer to page No. 7 of this file to find the above-quoted paragraph.
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Among the issues Persad-Bissessar said she raised was that of the revolving ballot, cellphones taken into the voting booth, power cuts during counting of votes, voter and house padding and police harassment outside of polling stations.
However, Persad-Bissessar said of the issues mentioned, she was particularly concerned about the revolving ballot, which would have a PNM stamp.
She claimed the ballot, which is folded is taken into the polling station, where voters would collect a blank ballot.
“The blank ballot is pocketed and the stamped ballot is slipped into the ballot box,” she also claimed.
Persad-Bissessar said when the voter comes out of the station he presents the blank ballot and collects $500.
The blank ballot is then passed on, which becomes a revolving ballot.
http://legacy.guardian.co.tt/archives/2007-11-03/news9.html
ومن ناحية أخرى، رصد مراقبو المنظمة المصرية وقوع عمليات تزوير عبر ما يعرف بنظام الاستمارة الدوارة وهو يتم عن طريق توزيع بطاقات إبداء الرأي على الناخبين قبل الانتخابات بيوم وتحديداً في مساء يوم الثلاثاء 6/9/2005، حيث وزعت تلك البطاقات غير مسودة ومختومة بخاتم لجنة الانتخابات، وفي صباح يوم الانتخابات تم استخدامها على النحو التالي "يتم تسويد البطاقة لصالح مرشح الحزب الوطني ثم تمنح لأحد الناخبين مما تم شراء أصواتهم ليدخل إلى اللجنة ويتسلم بطاقة إبداء الرأي من القاضي المشرف على الانتخابات والذي يقوم بإيداع البطاقة التي تم تسويدها في الصندوق ويخرج بالبطاقة البيضاء لمندوب الحزب الوطني خارج اللجنة ليسلمه إياها ويتسلم ثمن صوته الانتخابي، ثم يتم تسويد البطاقة لصالح مرشح الوطني وتسلم لناخب آخر ، وتدور الاستمارة بهذا الشكل الذي يؤكد شراء الأصوات الانتخابية ، وهذا ما حدث في دائرة كفر الشيخ .
http://www.eohr.org/ar/report/2005/re0900.shtml
So how do vote buyers ensure that the people they pay vote for the candidate they promised to? In the 1980s, vote buyers used to split a bill in half and promise to give the person the other half of the bill upon completion of voting.11 In recent years, new
mechanisms have been developed to ensure that the vote broker gets a vote for his chosen candidate. With the advent of the camera phone, voters now capture their voting in a photo to show to the vote buyer upon leaving the polling station.12 The first chapter of Ali al- Sawy's book, How are Elections Forged?" (Kayf tuzawir al-intikhabaat? ) describes what is known as the "revolving ballot" strategy (al-Sawy et. al. 2005, page 9). At the beginning of the day a voter leaves the polling station without having voted. This ballot is then filled out by the vote broker and handed to the vote seller. The vote seller submits this ballot in the polling station and returns a blank ballot to the vote broker. The vote seller is paid after coming out of the station with this blank ballot. This process is then repeated throughout the day (al-Sawy et. al. 2005, pages 9-11). In this way the vote buyer always fills out the ballot without fear that the voter will have a chance to make his own choice.
http://www.stanford.edu/~blaydes/Turnout.pdf
Please refer to page No. 7 of this file to find the above-quoted paragraph.
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Note added at 2 hrs (2010-10-28 05:13:54 GMT)
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Among the issues Persad-Bissessar said she raised was that of the revolving ballot, cellphones taken into the voting booth, power cuts during counting of votes, voter and house padding and police harassment outside of polling stations.
However, Persad-Bissessar said of the issues mentioned, she was particularly concerned about the revolving ballot, which would have a PNM stamp.
She claimed the ballot, which is folded is taken into the polling station, where voters would collect a blank ballot.
“The blank ballot is pocketed and the stamped ballot is slipped into the ballot box,” she also claimed.
Persad-Bissessar said when the voter comes out of the station he presents the blank ballot and collects $500.
The blank ballot is then passed on, which becomes a revolving ballot.
http://legacy.guardian.co.tt/archives/2007-11-03/news9.html
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks....although the phrase itself does need an explanation for the reader."
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1 hr
Muhammad Atallah
Egypt
Egypt
Native in Arabic
Works in field
Egypt
Technical accuracy with fluency of style
Native in: Arabic (Variant: Egyptian) 
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, Arabic, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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88
rotating card
المقصود بالطباقة الدوارة هو أن يحصل الناخب من المرشح على بطاقة انتخابية تم التصويت عليها ليضعها في صندوق الاقتراع على أن يخرج ليسلمه البطاقة التي تسلمها داخل اللجنة بيضاء ليحصل على المبلغ المتفق عليه.
A vote rigging technique improvised and solely used by the NDP Gurus by which a polling card-which is not supposed to be in circulation outside the
polling stations- marked up for the NDP candidate is given to an electorate who would drop it in the ballot box instead of the one handed to him inside the polling ward which he will conceal and hand back to the NDP representative outside the ward in return of agreed sums of money.
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A novel way of vote-buying, exposed by monitors and local papers, is known as the "rotating card". Under a special arrangement with the candidate's agents, the voter would leave the polling station having his ballot card blank to be filled in outside.
The card would then be sent with the next voter, who would slip it into the ballot box and come out with his own card to be filled in outside the polling station. This way, the candidate makes sure that voters cast their ballots in his favour in return for cash.
http://gulfnews.com/news/region/egypt/egypt-hopefuls-locked-...
Reference:
http://www.mfa.gov.eg/MFA_Portal/en-GB/Press_and_Media/Economic_Press_Reviews/EPF23112005.htm
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Riadh Muslih (X)
: I suggest you add voting to become "rotating voting card"
17 hrs
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Discussion
"البطاقة الدوارة" in the source text.
Besides, the "Robson Rotation" isn't designed to reduce voter fraud, rather its use lies in the prevention of the so-called "donkey vote" which is the tendency of uninformed voters to give their votes to the candidates listed highest on the ballot paper.
I think Muhammad Atallah's explanation makes sense, now I understand what it is exactly. I think we would probably call this a "pre-marked ballot" in English.
Ordinarily all ballot papers in an election are printed the same, with the candidates' names in a set order. The order can be determined by lot, by alphabetical order or if two or more candidates "consent" to be grouped as a team, the grouping or party may specify the order of their names. However, this can give an advantage to the candidates listed highest on the ballot paper, because they will attract a 'donkey vote'.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robson_Rotation
The single transferable vote (STV) is known as the Hare-Clark system in Australia, where it is used in lower house elections in two states/territories: Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory. The name is derived from Thomas Hare, who initially developed the system and the Tasmanian Attorney General, Andrew Inglis Clark, who worked to have a modified version introduced. Hare-Clark has been subsequently modified to allow for improvements, such as rotating ballot papers (the Robson Rotation)..................
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_transferable_vote