Malawi Electoral Commission recently announced it has adopted the use of electronic system to register all voters and prospective voters for the tripartite elections.
MEC Chief Elections Officer Willie Kalonga said in Lilongwe on Monday that the body has taken into consideration various concerns, risks and logistical challenges inherent to the implementation of the system.
“We have resolved that the implementation of the biometric system be used in the 2019 elections,” he said.
Kalonga said the commission will conduct a comprehensive field tests and civic education programmes on the solution.
The electoral officer added that the Commission will for now maintain its paper based solution (manual) of capturing voters in the field.
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Quelle/Source: StarAfrica, 25.03.2013
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