Santokhi: V7 wants selfie ban in polling booth

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The V7 wants regulations to prohibit the use of cell phones in polling booths. “Right now there is no rule that indicates that people cannot go into a polling booth with their mobile phone. Nowadays one can do anything with a mobile phone. This could endanger the aspect of free and secret elections. A voter can make a selfie with the ballot paper and publish it on social media sites or some parties can demand their supporters to prove through selfies on whom they have voted. We ask the government to pay attention to this issue and actually want legislation for this before the upcoming elections,” says Chandrikapersad Santokhi, coordinator of V7…[+]