Anybody who films while voting will be arrested – EC warns

The Electoral Commission (EC) has warned that persons who take photos of their ballot papers after voting can and will be arrested.

According to the Commission, such actions violate the principles governing the electoral process.

The Director of Electoral Services at the Commission, Dr Serebour Quaicoe, in an interview with Citi News, said taking photos of the thumb printed ballot breaches the principle of secrecy of ballots.

“If you finish and you tell people who you voted for, that is fine but it is an offence for you to take photos of it and be showing it to people. That breaches the secrecy of the ballot. In the view of the law you can be arrested,” he said.

Massive Turnout

Dr Serebour Quaicoe further revealed there were about 88 percent turn-out in Tuesday’s Special Voting.

“The 2020 special voting saw a turn-out of 88 percent, an improvement of 2016’s special voting. We hope that surge in voter turn-out will run through next week’s general election.”