The use of electronic voting technologies (EVTs) presents hurdles to election management bodies (EMBs) and other election stakeholders in Africa. The constitutionality and feasibility of such technologies provoke several questions that are tackled in this article. A key question is whether voting technologies such as electronic voting machines (EVMs) comply with national election legislation. The article’s methodology includes a review of the literature, official reports and policy documents, media and other articles, including public pronouncements on such technologies in Africa’s elections. These are supplemented by case examples of interviewees from selected African countries, including Namibia, Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, South Africa and Botswana. Its main contention is that African countries should evaluate the constitutionality and legitimacy of EVTs before their use. Finally, it will conclude that any use of voting technologies that does not meet constitutional and legal obligations will render the outcome of elections thereof flawed or dogged by irregularities, with questionable legitimacy, as seen recently in a few African countries.

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电子投票技术在非洲的可行性：部分案例

电子投票技术（EVT）的使用给非洲的选举管理机构（EMB）和其他选举利益相关者带来了障碍。这种技术的合宪性和可行性引发了本文要解决的几个问题。一个关键问题是诸如电子投票机（EVM）之类的投票技术是否符合国家选举立法。该文章的方法论包括对文献，官方报告和政策文件，媒体和其他文章的评论，包括在非洲大选中对此类技术的公开声明。此外，还包括来自选定的非洲国家（包括纳米比亚，肯尼亚，乌干达，尼日利亚，南非和博茨瓦纳）的受访者的案例。其主要争论是非洲国家应在使用EVT之前评估其合法性和合法性。最后，它将得出结论，任何不符合宪法和法律义务的表决技术的使用，都将使选举的结果有缺陷或被不合规定所困扰，合法性令人怀疑，最近在一些非洲国家就看到了这种情况。