Electioneering Process In Africa: A Proposed General E-voting Model (Case Study- Nigeria)
B Bakare Akeem, Suru Salihu, M Ibrahim Nuradeen · 2014
The incessant post election crisis that has plagued most of the elections in Africa has led to voters' apprehension and apathy, hence the need for a better electoral system to ensure free and fair elections. The aim of this paper is to present an electronic voting system (E-Voting), optimistically, to be applied to the Nigeria electoral system and possibly other African countries elections. This paper wish to dissect the conventional system of voting in Nigeria, points out the merits and the demerits of the system, highlights the prospects of e-voting, thereby, propose an alternative e-voting model that will take care of the flaws in the conventional system. Several social and cultural issues peculiar to Nigeria system will also be integrated into the E-VS model in order to achieve an enhanced, speedy and accurate performance. It is about time that conventional voting in Nigeria gives way to E-Voting and hence simplifies the task for Electorates and the Legal constituted body responsible for conducting election in the country (that is INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION, INEC).