The Association of Mathematics Education Students (AMES) of the University of Education, Winneba has introduced an electronic system of voting to elect new executives. Speaking to the Ghanaian Times, the Electoral Officer, Michael Batsa, said voters would no longer use the thumb. Rather, they will use a secret access code to cast their ballots, on the computer. He said eligible voters click on the cast-your-vote button. A response of 'Thanks' from the computer concludes the process of voting. Mr Batsa said the innovation was faster than the manual one and rules out multiple voting. He said that with the electronic voting, only the Electoral Officer is privy to information on the election and nobody can declare results earlier than the Electoral Commission. In addition, results can be declared within an hour after voting. The Head of Department of Mathematics Education, Dr. Christopher Adjei Okpoti, said that the system was developed by a Level 300 student, Banso Williams, with assistance from the AMES. Dr Okpoti suggested to the Electoral Commission to adopt the system at the grassroot level on a pilot basis to see how practical and viable it could be. Dr. Okpoti said the illiterate population could be trained to adjust to the system, adding that they do not need to become computer literate. In the case of the blind, he said they could be provided with a software to vote without assistance, explaining that instead of pictures, there would be brail codes to identify the candidates. Source: Ghanaian Times