2012 National Elections is a disgrace and blunder

THE Geneeral Election is a farce, a total disgrace and a blunder. What a waste of time, effort and money and it just cannot be done right.
Hundreds were turned away in Port Moresby polling venues because their names were not on the Electoral Roll. Many voters were told by officials that the Roll is that from 2007. With the amount of money spent on updating the roll, it is a wonder why so many voters who had names on in 2007, now don’t have any names.
Tax payers pay thousands of Kina for services and it is only every five years that the opportunity comes and to mess it up is uncalled for. In Lae, polling was deferred due to rain. For businesses this is not good enough, as they will lose in a big way and the disruption will amount to substantial losses across the board. Didn’t the comission know that rain was an issue in Lae, so indoor venues could have been identified, as a stand by. And in the day and age of technology it is a shame that the PNGEC could not stage electronic voting, securely via the internet.

BOP
Port Moresby