Voting with Marbles in Gambia.

By Alex in Politics on Sep 27, 2006 at 7:43 pm

So simple it’s genius: Gambia’s voting system uses marbles and bells to prevent people from voting more than once:

Voters enter a booth and pop a clear glass marble into one of three drums representing the candidates, instead of a putting a ballot paper into a box.

As the marble falls into the drum, it hits a bell so officials can tell if anyone votes more than once.

It’s a unique system introduced in 1965 because of Gambia’s high illiteracy," Gambia’s chief electoral officer Kawsu Ceesay told the BBC.

The bell resembles a bicycle bell so bicycles are banned from around polling stations to avoid any confusion.

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  1. everywordmeans
    Sep 27th, 2006 at 10:19 pm

    That’s me with the bicycle bell! -DingalingalingalingalignalignalingalingALING!!!


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