Reuters: Congo opposition cry foul over web-enabled voting machines
KINSHASA (Reuters) - Opposition candidates in this weekend’s presidential election in Democratic Republic of Congo demanded on Tuesday that the electoral board deactivate SIM cards in voting machines to prevent the electronic transmission of results.
The opposition are up in arms because active SIM cards could allow the electoral board (CENI) to tabulate the vote electronically, despite repeated assurances the results would be based on hand counts of paper print-outs from the machines.
Disputes about the largely untested machines have stoked tensions ahead of Sunday’s long-anticipated election, which the CENI postponed from this past weekend due to delays deploying voting materials.
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Update #1: Confusion, anger grow as Congo faces Sunday’s election (AP)
Update #2: DR Congo election: Voters concerned over credibility of polls (Al Jazeera)
Update #3: DRC: What is Joseph Kabila's legacy after 18 years in power? (Hamza Mohamed, Al Jazeera)
WNU Editor: Here is an easy prediction. No one is going to be satisfied with the results of this Sunday's election.
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