Paul Toba Ayeni Author
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Information Technology, Internet, Social media, Elections, Election Technology
Department of ICT/Voters Registry, Independent National Electoral Commission, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria
Paul Toba Ayeni is from Department of ICT/Voters Registry at Independent National Electoral Commission, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria.Paul Toba Ayeni research interest are Election, Democracy, E-voting, Technology, INEC, Information Technology, Social media.
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Author(s): Adebimpe Omolayo Esan and Paul Toba Ayeni
Over the years, Nigeria has been desirous of a credible voting system due to the irregularities that hampered previous elections which include: ballot stuffing, intimidation of voters, hijacking of ballot boxes, violence and manipulation of election results. Hence, the Independent National Electoral Commission introduced Direct Data Capture Machine technology in 2007 which produced the Electronic Voters’ Register and smart card readers which has since been used for all elections. Though the introduction of Electronic Voters’ Register and smart card readers improved the electoral process, research reveals that it is yet to achieve the desired results. Hence, this paper aims at studying the required e-voting system in Nigeria and the barriers to it... view moreĀ»