Africa has been experiencing swift political transitions during the last few decades. Reforms have come with demands for greater transparency and accountability. In consequence many of the election management bodies have accepted the challenge. They have realized that weak election administration can lead to poll manipulation and decreased trust in democratic institutions. The adoption of election ...
Nigeria received April with a new president: General Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who became the first Nigerian politician to unseat a sitting leader in a democratic election. Buhari, a former military ruler, won 21 states (with 15,424,921 votes 53.96%), while incumbent president Goodluck Jonathan from the People's Democratic Party (PDP) took ...
Voter impersonation has been an ever-present threat to election integrity for centuries. Fortunately, recent developments in biometric technology are yielding positive results when it comes to authenticating voters efficiently. In 2009 Brazil began a slow process of implementing biometric capturing devices in polling stations; And during its last elections –October 2014- it managed to authenticate some ...
The University of Ilorin in Nigeria further cemented its reputation for innovation on May 28, when students chose their new leaders using an electronic voting system. With the goal of creating free elections that are fair, trustworthy and convenient, the Student Union's Independent Electoral Committee (ISEC) adopted an electronic voting system in which the students voted ...
On 30 April Iraqi citizens will elect its Council of Representatives (CoR). Within 30 days of when the CoR first convenes, its members will elect the country’s President. He will then choose a Prime Minister from the new parliament’s majority coalition. 9,040 candidates, including 2,612 women, will vie for the 328 seats. The voting system The electoral system is ...
A recent forum on biometric voter authentication drew a sizeable crowd of election stakeholders in Pakistan. The event, organized by London-based elections company Smartmatic,  gathered Members of the Parliament, representatives from the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP),  political parties,  international granting agencies, non-government organizations, and the media. British Deputy High Commissioner, John Tucknott greeted the ECP’s progress ...