P66m needed for EVM paper trail

Friday, May 26, 2017

The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) secretary, Keireng Zuze yesterday said they would need an extra P66 million to make an inclusion of paper trail on Electronic Voting Machines (EVM).

Zuze admitted before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) that currently the law in the new amendment Act does not cater for paper trail.

MP for Tati East, Samson Guma said: “There is a report that during the national stakeholders workshop people were calling for introduction of EVMs and they wanted voter education first before the machines could be introduced. What has been the emergency by introducing EVM first and later try to educate people?”

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P66m needed for EVM paper trail

The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) secretary, Keireng Zuze yesterday said they would need an extra P66 million to make an inclusion of paper trail on Electronic Voting Machines (EVM).

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Selefu

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