E-voting can mean a variety of things, from voting via a device rather than a paper ballot to remote voting via Smartphone. According to the BBC, fears that e-voting machines could be hacked have caused some to warn against their adoption in some countries. One question Yakubu’s INEC will have to answer is: will e-voting ensure accuracy, transparency, verifiability, reliability, security, anonymity, and privacy? Whichever one is adopted, e-voting involves the use of computerised machines that use electronic ballots instead of the familiar paper ballots. When the PVC and the SCR were introduced by the Attahiru Jega-led INEC in 2015, it was obvious that only a complete transition to a full e-voting system would suffice.

Source: Punch June 02, 2020 23:15 UTC