Delegates fear vote rigging
16/12/2007 12:13  - (SA)  

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Polokwane - The ANC Youth League added its voice on Sunday to opposition against the electronic counting of votes at the party's national conference in Polokwane.

Youth League spokesperson Sihle Zikalala said manual counting was preferred because the ANC was a "transparent organisation".

Earlier, senior Eastern Cape delegate Phumlo Luswale said: "Our position is that all votes should be counted manually."

ANC electoral commission chairperson Berta Gxowa evoked a chorus of boo's when she told delegates on Sunday morning: "Counting will take place electronically."

This would be done through the use of scanners under the scrutiny of provincial onlookers.

Where disputes cropped up, the votes would be counted manually, Gxowa said.

Earlier, Muswale, SA Communist Party regional leader, told delegates from the Eastern Cape's OR Tambo region: "We reject any suggestion to have votes counted by a computer as that could easily lead to vote rigging."

Gxowa said the voting process would take place through a secret ballot.

Additional nominations from the floor could be made in addition to the provincial and league nominations already made.

However, such a delegate would require a 25% backing from delegates to be accepted as a nominee, she said.

- SAPA

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