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The new Voter Management Device that will be used to improve data capturing of voters for elections in South Africa. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News

Voter management device vmd

Complaints over VMD glitches could land IEC in court, say some experts

By Thando Kubheka

Following a few technical problems with the voter management devices relating to the polling process, the IEC could face litigation from some political parties.

  • FILE: IEC chief electoral officer Sy Mamabulo. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News

    IEC expects 90% of poll results to be verified by end of Tuesday

    IEC CEO Sy Mamabolo said that the numbers needed to be captured and verified before they were added to the national leaderboard.

    244 days ago
  • The new Voter Management Device that will be used to improve data capturing of voters for elections in South Africa. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News

    IEC defends use of VMDs as some frustrated voters blame them for long queues

    One of the biggest frustrations with voters appeared to have been the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC)'s newly introduced voter management devices (VMDs).

    244 days ago
  • The new Voter Management Device that will be used to improve data capturing of voters for elections in South Africa. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News

    Level up: After 2 decades, IEC ditches zip-zip machines in favour of VMDs

    The 40,000 new voter management devices (VMDs) will be able to conduct live verifications against the population register.

    250 days ago
  • FILE: A voter placing her marked ballots into the local and national ballot boxes on 8 May 2019. Picture: Eyewitness News.

    IEC goes high tech to address voter fraud

    The Voter Management Device, or VMD, also has the ability to capture an address during registration and to verify the address against ward boundaries.

    412 days ago
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