OPINION: Is it time to overhaul the voting system? SAElections2019 | MandyWiener
A woman casts her vote for the general elections at the Presbyterian Church ballot station in Dobsonville, Johannesburg, on May 8, 2019.
Now is not the time to panic. But it is the time to talk about the alternatives, regardless of how radical they might be. As a nation, we tend to have an ingrained faith in the Electoral Commission , a legacy of its success in pulling off the unimaginable in 1994. It's something of a holy cow, lauded locally and internationally for its reputable handling of polls.
Experts have found that using electronic machines to vote could enhance vulnerabilities with hacking being a primary worry. US intelligence agencies found that Russia attempted to penetrate the voting systems in 21 of the US states in the 2016 election and were successful in Illinois.
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