News 24 [South Africa]
1 May 2014
Sydney Masinga, African Eye
Mbombela - The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC)
has dismissed claims that voters will be given pens containing vanishing ink
when they cast their votes on 7 May.
In a chain e-mail sent out last week, one Bruce
Jenkins, who claims to have overseen the counting of votes during the 2009
general elections, said the ink used at polling stations vanishes, which opens
the system to rigging. […]
Independent Online [South Africa]
8 May 2014
By Kamcilla Pillay
Durban - Your vote will be counted - even if you used
the pens provided by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC).
Panic spread through the voting stations after e-mails
and messages over social networks warned of an IEC conspiracy: the ink used to
mark your vote would gradually fade by the time of counting, effectively
“spoiling” it. […]