We can learn a lot from Zambia

Addressing journalists in Gaborone yesterday, the duo said that Botswana should adopt a 48-hr cooling period prior to elections, instead of closing campaign activities at 12 am, a few hours before elections.  They said this would help people to vote with cool heads.

They also said that the creation of multiple voting streams, which are arranged in alphabetical order can help ease queues at polling stations, as it is easier for voting officers to do their work.  In Botswana, people just queue up and it takes at least four minutes before a voter's name can be located in the voters' roll, something that the MPs say should be reviewed.  They said that the multiple voting streams are effective and voters do not spend hours in queues waiting to vote.