Dhaka, April 29 -- Although the Election Commission (EC) is leaning towards the introduction of a 'proxy voting' method on a larger scale among three proposed postal ballot, online voting and proxy voting mechanisms for collecting votes from expatriates, political parties on Tuesday expressed concerns about potential risks and flaws associated with it.

Several parties, including Jamaat-e-Islami, National Citizen Party-NCP, Gono Odhikar Parishad, AB-- raised concerns over the security, flaws and reality of the proxy voting system-particularly the issue of vote reflection, where a proxy might not represent the real choice of the voter.

BNP said they would review all three options within its party forum and send its opinion to the EC.

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