Zambian election officials and politicians met on Wednesday in order to address concerns about vote rigging on the eve of the country's October 30 elections. Whether the Electoral Commission of Zambia hopes to preempt an electoral nightmare along the lines of those that have flared in Kenya and Zimbabwe in the last year or is reactively putting out present fires is unclear and is possibly an unimportant distinction. But the meeting does seem wise, and hopefully will yield fruit in the form of a reasonably free and fair ballot.
