In the wake of Ghana's recent elections and the variety of accusations being thrown at various parties, individuals and organisations for election mis-this and election mis-that, I propose the idea of the Open Secret Ballot.
Picture this: It's 3.00 AM on Election Day and electoral officials are busy mounting as many teak poles (or galvanized iron ones depending on the vicinity) as there are presidential aspirants, at various polling stations. Each pole will fly the flag of the candidate that it represents.
With this done, voters will begin to trickle in starting 7.00 AM to queue up in front of the pole that represents the candidate of their choice. This will continue until 5.00PM (or noon if everyone wants to get it over with), at which time no one else will be able to join any of the queues. Then the officials begin a tally of the number of individuals lined up before a given pole.
What a waste of one's energy, you say? Bring a chair (someone did during the queuing for the secret ballot); bring your laptop; bring a novel; bring your lunch. So what if productivity in nearly zero on that day? Well, what about the net alleviation of the reduction in productivity that results after every secret ballot when workers spend hours lambasting this person or the other for causing an outcome that is not in their favour?
The Open Secret Ballot: Queue And Be Counted Or Have Yourself To Blame.
4 comments:
When you started sharing your idea, I imagined a pole of some sort with maybe a flag attached.
Each voter gets to pull the flag one notch. The flag that is closest to the ground (or the top, whatever is preferred) wins.
I guess there will have to a system in place so that there the pole will allow for enough room for everyone to vote.
But I think your big get-together party sounds like fun too. LOL.
so what about the presidential candidate's husband who wants to vote for the opposition candidate? hehe. How does he hide the fact that he did not vote for his wife from his wife and her suporters?
he can't hide... that's the point. then we're all forced to be honest about our leanings and maybe nip the case of opportunists in the bud.
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