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Malawi’s electoral commission adopts new technology for 2025 polls

The commission is expected to use the new system for conducting voter registration.

• August 22, 2024
Malawi’s president, Lazarus Chakwera
Malawi’s president, Lazarus Chakwera

The Malawi Electoral Commission has adopted Electoral Management Devices to streamline the electoral processes for the country’s general elections scheduled for September 2025.

The MEC spokesperson, Sangwani Mwafulirwa, said the electoral body has procured a total of 6,500 EMDs from the Netherlands-based Smartmatic International Holding B. V. Company.

The new technology would replace the Biometric Voter Registration system used in the 2019 general elections, and the 2020 re-run of the presidential election.

The commission is expected to use the new system for conducting voter registration, managing the transfer of voters, and inspecting the voters’ register.

Mr Mwafulirwa said the introduction of EMDs was part of the strategy of the MEC to enhance efficiency in electoral processes during the upcoming general elections.

(Xinhua/NAN)

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