IEC report points to 2019 poll challenges

According to a recent report to the Minister for Presidential Affairs, Governance and Public Administration on the 2019 elections, one of the challenges that the organization had encountered was the election roll, whicah related to manual nature of capturing voters’ information.

“Some voters had been placed at wrong polling stations and while others were rejected by the system. The challenge was compounded by failure of the electorate to inspect the roll. However, the Commission facilitated voters who turned up at polling stations except those who were rejected in the roll. A long term solution to this challenge is the automation of the registration process,” the report says.