The Electoral Commission of Ghana and the administration of the 2012 elections
In: Journal of African elections, Band 12, Heft 2, S. 34-55
ISSN: 1609-4700
In: Journal of African elections, Band 12, Heft 2, S. 34-55
ISSN: 1609-4700
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In: University of Queensland Law Journal, Band 31, Heft 2, S. 181-202
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In: Journal of African elections, Band 12, Heft 2, S. 34-55
ISSN: 1609-4700
In: Election Law Journal, Band 12, Heft 4
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In: Victoria University of Wellington Legal Research Paper Series Student/Alumni Paper No. 9
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In most of developing countries such as Ghana electioneering process normally results in election fraud such as double registration and other forms of election drawbacks during registration of voters and casting of votes by eligible voters. In the just ended Ghanaian election, electronic biometric registration and verification system was introduced during the registration and verification of voters. It was observed on the elections day that some of the genuine registered voters were not recognised by the biometric machine. However, the CI 75 which is the document that gives the rules and regulations pertaining to the Ghana elections indicated that no verification by biometric machine of a voter no vote from the voter. This means that before a voter could be allowed to cast his / her vote the biometric machine was supposed to recognize him/her first. Surprisingly, some of the eligible voters were disfranchised from voting which is against the constitutional rights of every Ghanaian who had reached the age of eighteen at the time of the registration of voters. Furthermore, some citizens that are physically challenged with no fingers were also denied the opportunities of exercising their franchise because the system used for the registration made use of fingerprint only. A Multi-scan biometric system is proposed to assist citizens that are physically challenged to cast their votes as well as to eradicate the problem of eligible registered voters disfranchised by the current biometric system. This paper proposes a multi scan system that allows citizens to use different parts of their bodies to go through the registration and verification process instead of their fingerprints alone as in the case of Ghana electioneering process. The introduction of this proposed system for general elections is expected to create room for full participation of all eligible voters, eliminate multiple voting and also increase the confidence of the people in Ghana in the electioneering process.
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In: Africa confidential, Band 54, Heft 3, S. 6-6
ISSN: 0044-6483
In: Africa confidential, Band 54, Heft 13
ISSN: 0044-6483
In: Ohio State Public Law Working Paper No. 189
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In: Journal of politics and law: JPL, Band 6, Heft 2
ISSN: 1913-9055
In: Asian journal of political science, Band 21, Heft 3, S. 268-284
ISSN: 1750-7812
В статье автор анализирует правовые особенности формирования высших избирательных органов стран СНГ с президентской формой правления - Республики Беларусь и Российской Федерации. Рассмотрены как общие правила, так и свойственные каждой стране особенности избрания (назначения) членов высших избирательных органов, правовые ограничения по вхождению в состав высшего избирательного органа и условия освобождения от должности их членов. Предлагаются правовые меры по совершенствованию условий формирования высших избирательных органов. ; In article was analyzed legal features of formation of the higher electoral commissions of the CIS countries with a presidential form of government Republic of Belarus and Russian Federation. The general rules for all countries and features of each country on election (appointment) of members of the higher electoral commissions, as well as legal restrictions on members entering into the composition of the higher electoral commissions and a condition of dismissing of their members are considered in article. Legal measures on perfection of conditions of formation of the higher electoral commissions are proposed.
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The elections and political parties are necessary ingredients of democratic governance. Elections are a necessary condition of representative democracy. In representative democracy citizens participate in politics primarily by choosing political authorities in competitive elections. Elections, hence, are a necessary and crucial instrument to make democracy work. In India, free and fair elections are held at regular intervals as per guidelines of the constitution and the Election Commission. To make them free of flaws it is essential to reform them from time to time. Electoral reform means introducing fair electoral systems for conducting fair elections. It also rejuvenates the existing systems to enhance and increase the efficiency of the same. Following the demands of electoral reforms several committees were being set up. Some of the measures like reduction of voting age and antidefection law are appreciable but there are other vital areas in election field completely neglected. This paper will evaluate about different attempts made for electoral reforms in India. Different challenges before the Election Commission are also been discussed, also how it can be made effective as suggested by Commission in India will be presented. A comparative analysis with other democratic countries like U.S.A and U.K. is added to it.
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In: Studies in Indian politics, Band 1, Heft 2, S. 213-229
ISSN: 2321-7472
In the Sachar Committee report, a report from 2006 about the socio-economic status of Muslims in India, it was stated that a number of constituencies (electoral districts) reserved for Scheduled Castes (SCs) have a high proportion of Muslims and a low proportion of SCs, while there are many general (unreserved) constituencies with fewer Muslims and more SCs. Some have interpreted this as an allegation that the Delimitation Commission in the 1970s willfully assigned constituencies reserved for SCs to areas with a high Muslim population. Since this delimitation was in force for more than 30 years (1974–2007), this could have seriously undermined the representation of Muslims in India. In this article I use archival evidence from the Election Commission records as well as unique statistical data of the Muslim population across Indian constituencies in the 1970s to show that there is no evidence that such a systematic discrimination took place. Looking at data from 14 Indian states, I show that the Muslim population is on average lower in reserved constituencies than in general ones. This is mainly due to the fact that reserved seats by construction have a high concentration of SCs, and therefore a lower concentration of other groups. On comparing reserved and general constituencies with similar proportions of SCs, I find that there is no statistically significant difference in the proportion of Muslims in reserved and general areas. These results do not suggest that Muslims have been adequately represented in Indian politics, but simply that it is unfounded allegation that Muslims have been over-represented in reserved constituencies.
In: EISA election witnessing mission report no. 45
In response to the invitation of the Higher Presidential Elections Commission (HPEC), EISA deployed a mission to witness and assess the integrity of the first round and run-off of the presidential elections held in the Arab Republic of Egypt on 23-24 May 2012 and 16-27 June 2012 respectively. Presents in detail its findings and makes recommendations for the improvement of future electoral processes
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