A report issued by a U.S. government watchdog agency has said that Afghanistan's electoral process is affected by deep-rooted problems that will take years to fix, even as the country prepares for Parliamentary elections this Saturday. The report by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction suggests that the elections will likely be as messy and contested as last year's Presidential elections that undermined international support for Hamid Karzai's government. The report notes that many logistical problems that led to fraud in the last elections have been addressed, such as better ballot tracking and determining where to open polling stations well in advance. However, the voting process is still beset by problems such as the lack of a reliable list of registered voters, insufficient candidate vetting and biased electoral organizations. The report said that not enough is done to keep unqualified candidates from running and called for tighter vetting to keep members of militia groups or regional warlords from dominating the process.