User:Psnambele/The tendered vote controversy (November 27 & 28, 2009 election)/

The tendered vote once again raised questions following the 2009 Presidential and National Assembly elections on November 27 and 28. Tendered ballots have long been a source of some controversy in Namibian elections and one of the international observer missions, following the elections of November, went as far as calling for a “review” of the use of tendered votes in such important elections. Critics of the tendered vote system say that in the absence of an accurate and reliable voters roll, ideally digital and encompassing voters across all 107 constituencies, being easily accessible at all polling stations across the country, the tendered ballot can become a means of manipulating electoral outcomes. Supporters of the tendered vote system point to the fact that in highly mobile societies, such as Namibia's, expecting people to return to their home constituencies just to vote for one or two days once every five years is unrealistic.

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(Gwen Lister. (03.06.2011). Political Perspective. The Namibian). --Xou2 (talk) 09:08, 11 October 2011 (UTC)