What Votes Count? On Voter Fraud And Intimidation [An African Election]

The complaints were significant enough that Wisconsin’s Government Accountability Board, which is responsible for state election activities, issued a statement saying “in recent elections we have received disturbing reports and complaints about unacceptable, illegal behavior by observers. Voters expect a calm setting in which to exercise their right to vote.” True the Vote took it personally.

The tensions increase when citizens consider how the Voting Rights Act is the subject of new debates in the Supreme Court. While Ghana is still piecing together their national standards for voter enfranchisement, it is worth wondering if the Electoral Commissions actions will lead to lawsuits, and if Ghana’s Parliament will be able to craft new legislation around election rights after December 7th.

Related:

Biometric voter registration to start on march 2012 [Modern Ghana]

EC to release names of people engaged in double registration [Electoral Commission of Ghana]

EC project to register 13 million voters this year [Joy Online]

Register ‘biometric’ or lose your vote – Afari Gyan [The Ghanian Times/Joy Online]

Press Statement: NPP on provisional voter register exhibition [Joy Online]

EC will not extend exhibition of biometric voters’ register [Joy Online]

How the Right’s Building a ‘Poll Watcher’ Network for November [Colorlines]

Texas’ Road To Victory in Its Decades Long Fight Against Voting Rights [Colorlines]

An African Election will make its US premiere on October 1st on WORLD.

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