{"id":73022,"date":"2013-03-12T21:08:35","date_gmt":"2013-03-12T19:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=73022"},"modified":"2013-03-13T08:50:57","modified_gmt":"2013-03-13T06:50:57","slug":"e-voting-for-south-africa-discussed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/technology\/73022-e-voting-for-south-africa-discussed.html","title":{"rendered":"E-voting for South Africa discussed"},"content":{"rendered":"

A two-day seminar on electronic voting (e-voting) and counting technologies concluded in Cape Town on Tuesday, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC<\/a>) said.<\/p>\n

The purpose of the event was to stimulate debate on electronic voting and counting, vice-chairman Terry Tselane<\/a> said in a statement.<\/p>\n

“We are confident that our democracy has reached a level of maturity whereby we can have a healthy, robust discussion of the complex issues that require consideration before embarking on the journey of implementing e-voting, should we decide to do so.”<\/p>\n

IEC chairwoman Pansy Tlakula<\/a> said given the trustworthiness and efficacy of the current voting system the IEC needed to be very clear about its reasons for adopting e-voting technology.<\/p>\n

“Of significance would be to assess which aspects of the current system require improvement.”<\/p>\n

She said the seminar marked the beginning of a constructive discussion with South Africans on the subject of e-voting.<\/p>\n

The discussion needed to take into account, among others, issues such as the secrecy of the vote, transparency, and the credibility of such a voting system.<\/p>\n

“In particular we need to take into account the cross-national experiences of e-voting shared over the last two days with us and our delegates by Brazil, India, Ireland and the Philippines,” Tlakula said.<\/p>\n

“We need to understand the motivation of various countries for their migration to e-voting and learn vicariously from their hard-won lessons.”<\/p>\n

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