A ballot paper printing tender advertised by the
Electoral Commission of Namibia closed yesterday.
The ballot papers will be used by voters at foreign
missions in the Presidential and Parliamentary Elections at the end of this
month since they will not be using the electronic voting machines EVMs).
ECN director of operations Theo Mujoro said the
printing of ballot papers is one of the final steps before the elections
scheduled for 28 November.
Mujoro could not, however, give the number of ballot
papers the ECN wants to print. He, however, dismissed speculation that the
papers would be used as a back-up in case the voting machines failed.
The use of ballot papers was phased out because of
the acquisition of the EVMs although the ECN said the ballot papers would only
be used on 14 November at foreign missions.
Mujoro said the election body could not print ballot
papers before the nomination process because the logos of all 16 contesting
parties must be on the ballots.
He also said some of the ballot papers would be used
with the voting machines.
“The EVM requires a ballot paper to be placed under
the transparent box where the names and logos of the parties will appear next
to the slots,” he said.
The Namibian
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