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ZEC urged to procure high quality marker pens for polls
15 Mar 2016 at 10:20hrs | Views
The Zimbabwe Election Support (ZESN) has advised the Zimbabwe Election Commission to purchase high quality indelible ink marker pens for elections.
The election body, ZEC announced last week that it plans to pilot the use of marker pens with indelible ink, instead of finger dipping, as a precaution against double voting.
It said it reduces the amount of ink used and was user friendly and tidy.
Its added that the pens are easy to handle and distribute and environmentally friendly
However, ZENS said "we noted that ZEC is set to replace the finger dipping indelible ink with indelible ink marker pens on Election Day.
"ZESN urges the Commission to procure indelible ink marker pens of the highest quality given that indelible ink is not infallible and can be manipulated".
The election body, ZEC announced last week that it plans to pilot the use of marker pens with indelible ink, instead of finger dipping, as a precaution against double voting.
It said it reduces the amount of ink used and was user friendly and tidy.
Its added that the pens are easy to handle and distribute and environmentally friendly
However, ZENS said "we noted that ZEC is set to replace the finger dipping indelible ink with indelible ink marker pens on Election Day.
"ZESN urges the Commission to procure indelible ink marker pens of the highest quality given that indelible ink is not infallible and can be manipulated".
Source - Byo24News
