South Africa stands at the crossroads of electoral reform as the IEC explores electronic voting options. With more than 40 countries already embracing digital democracy, the nation faces crucial ...

Accra, March 12, GNA – Mrs. Jean Mensa, Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), has proposed the adoption of a ...

However, experts have warned that e-voting, like any voting system, has limitations and should not be viewed as a silver bullet for South Africa’s unique challenges and needs. What are the pros ...

for the cantons which are free to choose an e-voting system. Currently, two certified systems are in use. The Federal ChancelleryExternal link, which oversees voting issues, has been mandated to ...

The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) said that if public confidence in the current system was low, it would make it harder to get voters to back e-voting. IEC electronic voting conference at ...

South Africa’s IEC will get insights from countries with e-voting systems and those that have abandoned theirs during a conference in Cape Town next week.

The country uses an internet e-voting system where the people vote from their location, they can vote as many times as they want - but only the last vote will be counted - and that their voting ta ...

The IEC is on day two of its e-voting seminar, looking at the possibility of introducing electronic voting to South Africa. Electronic voting system on display at the IEC’s conference on the ...

The electoral system cannot be spared in the technological revolution ... a discourse that cannot be ignored or limited to a certain sector of society. "The enthusiasm for e-voting is evidently strong ...

The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Jean Mensa, has proposed the adoption of a "simplified" e-voting system to address the problem of invalid or rejected ballots in Africa.