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Is queue voting better than secret ballot in terms of transparency?

Ballot voting

Queue voting, if well managed, is better than secret ballot because one is able to see what is happening. A case in point is the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) primaries currently taking place across the country.

If the party’s supporters were allowed to queue, it could have solved the problems of rigging being raised now.There would be no cases of stuffing ballot boxes irregularly by those who have access to them to give them undue advantage over their opponents.

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