Essay On The Role Of Electronic Voting In Nigeria

establishes a new way of voting, without being in the majority of voter’s attention, by still

“legal precision” about what is constituted a vote. In due course, the candidates, nor the

As technology has evolved there have become more ways to cast a vote than ever before. Most people are familiar with the traditional way of

The present voting process creates great difficulty for people to actually vote. Currently, the government of the United States is democratic republic, this meaning that United States is both Democracy and Republic and people have the privilege to elect officials (“Are We A Democracy or A Republic?”). The voting process consists of registering online or through a registration application (“Registering to Vote). Some Americans do not have the resources or time to fill out an application. In reality, people’s votes do not decide who becomes president, but the electoral college does.

process. However, voting in the 21st century is not as important to people as it was in the past.

In the Unite States of America i belive that it would not be asmart idea to use electronic voting machines beacause it would be unfair they would not be counting all the votes correctly. Also they can rig the election like the problems they had in ohio as they wasted that amout of money. It would not be a good idea to use electronic voting machines because the machines may also not count the votes correctly or place the vote uner another canidate. Also there has been alot of errors with the electronic voting machines, like they've also been hacked plenty of times witch causes the election to get ruined. There is also two sides to everything like the electonic voting machines also did alot of good work and made it easier to vote for the people

For several decades, the American people have been skeptical if their votes count due to the uncertainty of various voting methods. The election process is marred with dissatisfaction and inaccuracy in governmental elections. Voting means a lot to citizens because it is what gets the people’s voices heard. There are voters that are uncertain of trusting the candidates that will make their laws and regulations, however, they still have the power to vote them out from office. But when different types of voting equipment have problems those issues affect all voters. There are ways of voting that can sometimes fail, and the discovery of fraud in the voting process can make people question the election results. The right to vote is what many Americans believe is the most essential part of being an American in a democratic nation. To keep the American citizens’, trust the voting operation system must work properly and establish that the people’s votes are counted. The American election administration is facing the new generation of technology that is designed for voting. The management of hardware and software can be a great challenge for many upcoming elections throughout the years ahead. Today, there are several methods of counting votes with equipment that are used for the election system. The voting methods are Direct-Recording Electronic (DRE), Optical Scan Paper

This refers to the process of casting one’s vote through the use of technology. Kiosk internet voting is an option, wherein kiosks with computers are setup at specific locations and supervised by the election authorities (Goodman et. al., 2016). Such voting patterns make the process simpler and more efficient for the electorates. Scholars suggest online behaviour of present day youth makes a potent case for introduction of electronic voting in Canadian elections (Goodman et. al., 2016). This will increase the number of points, through which a voter can exercise his or her choice and make them more willing and participative in the

J.J Strossmayer who holds a P.H.D in law research found that empty and invalid ballot papers (defined as blank or spoiled votes) are one of the biggest problems of the countries that have a compulsory voting. During Brazil’s 1990 elections voter turnout was 76.57%, but 40% of the votes were deemed invalid. (Mackerras & Mcallister 1999) (Evidence: Statistics) In Ecuador’s 2006 elections 40% votes were

In 2000 Riverside County California decided to spend 14 million dollars to make their voting system all electronic. This decision was made on the basis that in 1998 more than one million dollars was spent on paper ballots (in Riverside), but when only half of the county voted the extras had to be trashed. For local elections their new electronic system fetched a 99% approval rating from voters (Wired.com article). The only foreseeable downside to this technology is the start up price and with internet voting not likely due to security issues, this maybe the best solution.

Online voting is another impressive function developed in the framework of eGovernment. The idea of having electronic voting in Estonia gained popularity in 2001. Estonia became the first nation to hold legally binding general elections over the Internet

But, as of today there is no solid way of knowing if someone is or is not trying to sneak in more than one ballot. “I don’t know if anybody knows how prevalent it is, because the only time you find out is when somebody gets caught.” (Guzman, 1) And the statistics of that happening is .00000013 percent or 26 out of every 197 million cases. Because there are multiple techniques that can and have been used time after time again. Although this is the case there has been some attempt to prevent it. Voter ID law are one example, but it is far from the perfect solution. First, it prevents only one type of voter’s fraud, voter impersonation. And, second, the voter’s ID laws has been ruled as discrimination; so the rule is not enforced everywhere and the public can vote without

Besides that, there were complaints about the use of indelible ink in the 13th general Election. Oppositions and clean-polls activists reported that the ink could be easily washed off (Election ink under scrutiny in Malaysia, 2013). To avoid the issue of phantom voters and to reduce human error when checking the voter’s information during the election a new modern polling

The government has passed the Help America Vote Act, after the 2000 elections voting problem occurred. The act set aside the money to help fund the purchasing of new and improved voting equipment (Voting Technology Project). Some of the major improvements with touch screens or simple

A voting system has four characteristics: accuracy, anonymity, scalability, and speed. Current electronic voting machines claim to