CHRISTIAN Churches Monitoring Group (CCMG) Programme Director Peter Mwanangombe says the proposal to remove the Electoral Commission of Zambia’s official stamp on the ballot papers can compromise the electoral integrity. And Chapter One Foundation (COF) Executive Director Josiah Kalala says the Electoral Process Bill does not strengthen democracy. Speaking during COF’s Electoral Process Bill discussion, Tuesday, Mwanangombe said election observers and ordinary voters could only ascertain the validity of a ballot paper using the Commission’s official stamp. “So, when this conversation comes up, what are we looking at, we are looking at what one, the integrity of an election to invalidate a ballot paper that has no official mark. Or to allow the ballot paper without an official mark in...




