Fears of 2019 Rigging Need To Be Eliminateda
Monday, August 29, 2016
On paper this should have been an easily highly welcome development for the simple reason that electronic voting would hopefully reduce time taken to release the results.
The last General elections results announcement was the slowest process by far, as it took over three days, and over four days in some constituencies to announce the results, all thanks to the archaic method which has no doubt now been overtaken by events.
The recent disclosure by the IEC that 2,513 registrations have been turned down due to various irregularities should prompt all Batswana to meticulously review the voters' rolls and address concerns about rejected registrations.The disparities flagged by the IEC are troubling and emphasise the significance of rigorous voter registration processes.Out of the rejected registrations, 29 individuals were disqualified due to non-existent Omang...