Seeletso admits EVM deficiency

Friday, March 17, 2017

MABUTSANE: The Electronic Voting Machine (EMV) coordinator, Gabriel Seeletso has come close to admitting that the machine is not perfect and can be tempered with. Seeletso revealed this in a consultative meeting in Mabutsane on Wednesday when addressing a kgotla meeting.

He said the machine comes with many challenges that include fear of being tempered with, but however they would go ahead with the purchasing of the machine to be used in the 2019 general elections.

He even called on political parties to avail their Information Technology experts to demonstrate to the Independent Electoral Commission IEC whether the machine can be manipulated.

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