{"id":69541,"date":"2014-11-28T07:00:03","date_gmt":"2014-11-28T07:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=69541"},"modified":"2014-11-28T07:00:03","modified_gmt":"2014-11-28T07:00:03","slug":"namibia-votes-first-africa-e-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/11\/namibia-votes-first-africa-e-poll\/","title":{"rendered":"Namibia votes in first Africa e-poll"},"content":{"rendered":"
Namibians are choosing a new president and parliament – in what is Africa’s first electronic ballot.<\/p>\n
The ruling South West Africa People’s Organisation (Swapo) is expected to win the poll and Prime Minister Hage Geingob to become president.<\/p>\n
Opposition parties had challenged the Indian-made e-voting machines, citing concerns that a lack of a paper trail could encourage vote rigging.<\/p>\n
But the case was dismissed by the country’s High Court this week.<\/p>\n
About 1.2 million voters are eligible to cast their ballots at nearly 4,000 polling stations across the vast country.<\/p>\n