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Electronic voting in South Africa: A risk too soon – Terence Corrigan – Biznews | SA News

Terence Corrigan
Change is invariably unsettling. As trying as any existing circumstances may be, they often have the virtue of familiarity. The familiar is understandable and navigable, its alternative daunting and uncertain.

Along with the unfolding and inherently unpredictable changes in the political environment, proposals are on the table for major changes in the management of elections, with the Electoral Commission (IEC) proposing the adoption of an electronic voting system.

In brief, this would change the method of voting, from the current marking of paper ballots and their manual tabulation to some form of device-dependent process. Voters would input their choices into a device…

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