TCI Stamps of Guelph Ontario, a leading Canadian manufacturer and distributor of marking devices, announced on May 29th that they have supplied the country of Senegal in Africa with all the election ink required for the Legislative Elections scheduled to take place on June 3rd, 2007.
Wayne Houle, General Manager of TCI stated that the order landed safely in Dakar, the capital city of Senegal on May 18th and was met by a delegation led by the Senegalese Minister of the Interior Ousmane NGOM . "This was a larger than normal order and presented us with some interesting logistical problems that we had to overcome." After a citizen votes, they must dip their finger in the election ink. The ink stains their finger for a two week period and shows that the person has already voted and thus cannot vote again. "TCI in a small way is helping to bring fair democratic elections to underdeveloped countries like Senegal " Houle commented.
The Senegalese government had used a French supplier of election ink for the Presidential Elections in February of 2007, but quality problems led to the order from TCI for the Legislative Elections in June. "We have provided this ink to Senegal for elections in the past and our quality is the best in the world" Houle stated. -TCI Stamps International
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