A little retrospection of the previous elections indicate that the vote casting process have been marred with long and tedious processes of queuing up for long hours. This has been the trend in most African states yet avoidable. Right now the world has attained such high levels where one can vote while sitted in their own homes. This is not impossible in Zambia.
Technology has made people’s lives so easier. What I am driving at is that as the planners are contemplating the voter registration procedures, let them include in their plans as a primary concern the possibility of online voting. It is very unfortunate that many times voters would register at some centre and on the voting date, they may have relocated to other distant or remote areas.
We are at crossroad with the global village in making up the missing links by integrating the manual voter cards into electronic ones. We as the citizens should be in such a position to monitor every stage of the voting process.
We are not far from achieving this dream; it is a vision that every true citizen is going to embrace without foul play after elections because all those with access to the Internet will be in a position to follow the trends of the scores through the digital media as the Internet provides, thanks to optic fibre penetration.
That is how much ICT can do, e-governance, bringing and redefining peace to nations. Those in rural areas and some urban parts can still use the manual, but what about those in the Diaspora yet registered to vote? We need to think through this.
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Autor(en)/Author(s): Ladislas Hibusu
Quelle/Source: The Post, 08.01.2010
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