The executive secretary for Ghana’s National Media Commission, George Sarpong recently urged media outlets to contribute to election administration by improving the quality of information in the electoral process for the media in Kumasi. Recognizing the crucial role media has in any election, Sarpong stressed the need for honest and unbiased information on the electoral systems, ...
1. Wind of democratic change in Africa’s giant. Even though incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan’s People's Democratic Party (PDP) has dominated Nigerian politics since civilian rule was restored, political experts argue that things could be about to change in Africa's biggest economy. Jonathan, who is seeking a second four-year term, now faces its toughest election challenge ...
This year, approximately 1.5 billion people have elected their representatives in 96 elections held in five continents. That’s the equivalent of 21% of the world population. Asia, a continent with 4.427 billion people, saw some 800 million people casting a ballot. India (553 million voters) and Indonesia (134 million voters) accounted for almost half of the ...
The Union of Comoros will hold its presidential elections  on November 16.  Interestingly, not every registered voter in the country will have a say on who their next leader will be. The reason is that the elections laws of this small archipelago of only 773,000 people state that the presidency should rotate every four years among ...
Namibian authorities are considering implementing electronic voting for the country's presidential and National Assembly elections to be held later this year. To contribute to a successful adoption process, researchers at Namibia's Biometric Research Laboratory (BRL) have published an article with the criteria they deem necessary to efficiently select the most appropriate electronic voting system. According to the ...
Photo: Reuters 1.5 million registered voters 10,087 overseas registered voters 1,734 candidates are vying for seats in the new parliament, the House of Representatives. It will replace the General National Congress, which has been plagued by problems since the election two years ago. 1,601 polling stations 200 parliamentary seats are up for grabs 32 seats reserved for women How does the electoral ...