Zanzibar aims for digital voters ID cards in 2010

2008-11-12 11:24:58
By Guardian Reporter, Zanzibar

The Zanzibar Electoral Commission has unveiled plans to digitise
voters` identity cards before the next general election.

ZEC Director Salum Kassim Ali said at a press briefing here yesterday
that the aim was to modernise and generally improve the electoral
process.

He was speaking on preparations for the updating of the permanent
voters` register before the 2010 election.

The plan would involve the changing of all voters` identity cards and
the encoding of information in the computer system to be used in the
election, he said.

Ali explained that an Israeli company, Ontract Innovation Limited,
had been commissioned to do the job.

He noted that ZEC officials were being lined up ``through special
training aimed at acquainting them with the technology to be used``
so that they assist Israeli experts in the work for greater
efficiency.

According to the director, the updating of the voters` register would
start in January next year in Pemba and run for six months.

The exercise is expected to be implemented using the new digital
system.

He added that, in line with the Zanzibar Constitution, the
registration of Isles residents who had reached voting age would run
from April to May 2010.

SOURCE: Guardian

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