Following the success of this year’s University of Guyana Student Society (UGSS) elections using automated voting machines (AVM), the Chief Election Officer (CEO) says any use here would require full consultation with stakeholders and then changes to the law.
At a cocktail reception on Saturday held in honour of the Delian Project’s Electoral Pilot for the UGSS elections, Chief Election Officer for the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) Keith Lowenfield stated that though the technology’s use at the university had been “satisfying” and “promising”, the use of it at local elections rested on the engagement of all relevant stakeholders.
“From all indications it seems to me from the sampling done that the system works. It works well; it’s very promising and I’m very satisfied but the decision for the commission to go or not to go with it will no doubt depend on the engagements that will no doubt occur with all stakeholders involved in Guyana,” Lowenfield said. He continued, “I am satisfied based on the observations I’ve made…that the system is workable. For it to be
