Sunyani Polytechnic elects SRC executives

Sunyani Polytechnic has once again made a strong case for the possibility of the

country using the electronic voting system (E-Voting) in future general elections.

The Students Representative Council (SRC) of the Polytechnic on Friday used the

electronic voting system to elect executives for the SRC. Some 7000 students were

expected to cast their ballots electronically using 100 computers.

Representatives of all candidates monitored the voting patterns in a master control

room on a giant screen. The representatives were not allowed to communicate with

their candidates during voting.

The E-Voting system was initiated by Mr. Frimpong Kyeremeh, Mr. Kofi Nti, Eric

Gyamfi and Nana Kodom. It has successfully been used in five elections.

The E-Voting system eliminates all electoral fraud and gives the total vote cast

immediately the last person votes. It also minimises violence usually associated

with manual voting.

Mr. Frimpong Kyeremeh told Space FM’s Kwadwo Poku that the University of Mines and

Technology and the College of Science of the KNUST, have both expressed interest in

using the system developed by Sunyani Polytechnic for their elections.

Mr. Frimpong added that his team would soon introduce the system to the various

District and Municipal Assemblies in the region to enable them use the system for

assembly elections.

Mr. Amponsah Manu, aspiring for the position of Finance Officer, expressed

satisfaction about the process but suggested that the SRC should contract the

Electoral Commission to guide students during voting.

He noted that when students are made to guide fellow students during the elections,

it gives room for suspicion.

Space FM gathered that the two top officials of the Brong-Ahafo regional Electoral

Commission were on campus when voting started and expressed satisfaction with the

process.