Does the use of a biometric system guarantee an acceptable election's outcome? Evidence from Ghana's 2012 election.
The article examines how the deployment of a biometric technology in Ghana's 2012 election ended in confusion and put the legitimacy of the election outcome in jeopardy. Analysing data drawn from 100 interviews and 500 surveys on the extent to which the use of a biometric voter registration and elec...
| Publicado en: | African Studies Vol. 78; no. 3; pp. 347 - 370 |
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