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Beyond the Card Reader: Anti-election Rigging Technology and National Security in Nigeria

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  • Ufo Okeke Uzodike
  • Hakeem Onapajo

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With the increasing spread of information technology in Africa, digitalisation of elections is gradually becoming a popular phenomenon in the continent. However, there has not been sufficient awareness on the potential dangers in the process of digitalising elections. In this regard, this article provides analysis of the connection between the use of technological model in elections and security using the Nigerian example. The article acknowledges the potency of the technological model to solve the problem of electoral malpractices and ultimately address issues concerning electoral violence over claims of fraud. Notwithstanding its usefulness, the article analyses the challenges associated with the technological model and how this represents a major security threat. In this regard, the key question is: does Nigeria have the technical capacity to manage effectively electronic devices that have the potential of being used to unleash massive electoral fraud that could completely undermine peaceful coexistence within its fragile and sensitive electoral context? Following this, the article advances a number of policy recommendations on the measures to put the technological model into an effective use in order to promote peaceful elections in Nigeria.

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  • Ufo Okeke Uzodike & Hakeem Onapajo, 2019. "Beyond the Card Reader: Anti-election Rigging Technology and National Security in Nigeria," Insight on Africa, , vol. 11(2), pages 145-161, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:inafri:v:11:y:2019:i:2:p:145-161
    DOI: 10.1177/0975087819845194
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    1. Hakeem Onapajo, 2014. "Violence and Votes in Nigeria: The Dominance of Incumbents in the Use of Violence to Rig Elections," Africa Spectrum, Institute of African Affairs, GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Hamburg, vol. 49(2), pages 27-51.
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