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CHAPTER ONE BACKGROUND OF STUDY 1.0       Background of the Study Voting theory formally began in the 18th century and ever since, many proposal has been made towards using electronic technologies to improve elections (Sobia, Ummer, Ayesha, Usman, and Hassan, 2011). One of the essential features of democracy is Election, democracy encourages individual’s freedom with respect to the rule of law, so that individuals can express their opinion the way they wish, ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Electronic voting technology can include punched cards, optical scan voting systems and specialized voting kiosks (including self-contained direct-recording electronic voting systems, or DRE). It can also involve transmission of ballots and votes via telephones, private computer networks, or the Internet. Electronic voting technology can speed the counting of ballots, reduce the cost of paying staff to count votes manually and can provide ...

ABSTRACT The purpose of this paper is to discuss the challenges as limitations to the current electoral system in Nigeria democracy, proffering possible way forward. The flawed electoral process of the last two Presidential elections equally calls for technology- enabled solutions to this social malaise which could lead to chaos and anarchy if nothing is done to forestall these electoral menace in future elections.. Electoral fraud perpetuated in the cause ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND TO STUDY Voting theory formally began in the 18th century and ever since, many proposal has been made towards using electronic technologies to improve elections (Sobia, Ummer, Ayesha, Usman, and Hassan, 2011). One of the essential features of democracy is Election, democracy encourages individual’s freedom with respect to the rule of law, so that individuals can express their opinion the way they wish, giving individuals the ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1       Background of the Study In a true democracy, elections are the basis for the nation functions healthy. As the elections are hold frequently, the costs of voting are increasing geometrically. In order to save human resource and time, the current trend is using information technology on elections. Recent years the issues of combining voting with information technology have developed into two directions. The former one is ...