BCP to oppose Amendment Bill introducing paper audit trail

Keorapetse
Keorapetse

Botswana Congress Party (BCP) under the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) will vehemently oppose the gazetted and matured Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill that intends to introduce Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) as a component of the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM).

According to BCP spokesperson, Dithapelo Keorapetse the party’s position is that VVPAT does not even remotely address their concerns about the dangers of EVM in democratic elections. He says it is not a solution but a problem in itself. 

“The party has serious security, privacy and reliability as well as efficiency and effectiveness concerns about the envisaged VVPAT. We will raise these matters in Parliament and in court in August if the BDP dominated Parliament doesn’t rescind its decision to introduce EVM,” Keorapetse said.

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