Teaching Comparative Government and Politics

Saturday, April 21, 2007

Who do we believe?

And, oh, the logistical problems!!

From the New York Times:
Fears of Fraud Grow Before Nigerian Vote

"An opposition party claimed Friday that soldiers in northern Nigeria had seized a truckload of ballots that had already been filled out in favor of the governing party’s presidential candidate, raising fears that Nigeria’s presidential election on Saturday would be marred by the same kinds of irregularities that plagued state elections last week.

"Election officials denied the allegation, saying in a televised news conference that no one could have seized ballots, because the new ones, altered at the last minute to accommodate a candidate who had previously been barred from running, had only just begun arriving in the country after being printed abroad..."




Nigeria at the polls: Voters' log

BBC readers and listeners across the vast country are sending in their voting experiences via email and SMS text messages. The local time in Nigeria is GMT plus one hour.

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