It’s too early to start alarming the public with election rigging narratives


PF presidential aspirant Makebi Zulu has warned that the proposed amendments to the Electoral Process Act may be intended to make rigging easier in the August general elections. His main concern, like that of stakeholders, is the proposal to remove the official date stamp from ballot papers, a security feature meant to help distinguish valid ballots from foreign material. There is nothing wrong with political leaders raising alarm over legal changes that may weaken the security of the electoral process. Stakeholders must be free to interrogate any proposal from the Electoral Commission or government, especially where elections are involved. We have stated before that weakening a ballot security feature because polling officers sometimes forget to apply it is not a…
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