Ghanaian Inventor develops new voting system

Based on the increasingly high number of rejected ballots over the years, a Ghanaian based in Togo, Mr John Adama, has developed new voting systems that will eliminate the high number of spoilt or rejected ballot papers recorded in elections.

The new system which he call the “Jak Makavo systems”, he explains has three different dimensions where a voter will not be required to use ink when voting for their preferred candidate. And rejected ballots keeps increasing due to this practice.

But explaining how the new voting system operates, Mr Adama said the concept “has been designed in such a way that it will help strengthen Ghana’s democratic credentials by eliminating the spoilt or rejected ballots phenomenon.”

The First system

In the first instance that he suggested, the ballot papers have two logos of each political party contesting in the election. The duplicate logos of each party are situated at the top of the ballot paper. Each duplicate logo is removable.

The voter only needs to remove the duplicate logo of the political party of choice and paste it in the square box directly beside the candidate and the party’s original logo.

The Second system

Under the second suggested voting system, the concept uses a ballot paper and a separate sticker or stamp for the voter.

In the voting box, the voter only needs one sticker or stamp, apply a drop of water to the back of it and paste it in the box beside the photograph of the candidate and the logo of the political party the voter intends to vote for.

The Third system

For the third voting system, a ballot paper is provided. The box beside the photograph of the candidate as well as the logo of the political party is perforated.

The voter only needs to remove the hanging piece of the paper beside the photograph of the preferred candidate as well as the logo of the preferred political party.

A resultant vacuum or a hole is created beside the photograph of the candidate as well as the logo of the political party and the vote is valid for that candidate and the political party.

Mr.

Adama added, the new voting systems would help to eliminate the current problems facing our electoral commission when implemented.