Early voting in South Africa’s 2024 elections: Any lessons for Nigeria?, By Uchenna Aja

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Early voting in South Africa’s 2024 elections: Any lessons for Nigeria?, By Uchenna Aja
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Early voting allows qualified voters to cast their ballots ahead of time, usually a few days before the official election day.

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As Nigeria celebrates 25 years of its democracy under the Fourth Republic, there have been calls to strengthen the democratic ethos through a renewal of the social contract with Nigerians. This includes an improvement in the electoral process and the need to make elections inclusive and participatory for all citizens.

In view of this law, every election year, as was done in 2024, the South African IEC sets out guidelines for applying for the early voting category and establishes modalities to ensure that all qualified citizens participate in the voting process. …Nigeria needs to adopt the early voting process implemented in countries such as South Africa, as it will allow these professionals, who would primarily be involved during the election days, to cast their votes at a stipulated date before the main election. It will also ensure that this large number of our voting population is not unintendedly disenfranchised from exercising their civic right.

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