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The Utilization of the Biometric Technology in the 2013 Manyu Division Legislative and Municipal Elections in Cameroon: An Appraisal

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) scholars and election stakeholders in Cameroon believe that with the use of Biometric Technology (BT) the 2013 legislative and municipal elections in Manyu Division would be credible. The preciseness of AI in our daily lives lured them to underestimate the materialistic nature of humans. The study which made use of the ex post facto research design utilized Hardie’s theoretical direction of psephology to critically analyze all the arguments in the paper. The researchers identified the fact that BT cannot secure credible and transparent elections in Manyu Division where the president of the country has no political will to do so by using the elites and members of the armed forces to sway votes in favor of the ruling party. For BT to be relevant, voting should be linked to the Internet and the president should embrace electronic voting and allow ELECAM the Election Management Body in Cameroon to conduct elections without interference.

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Assibong, P.A., Wogu, I.A.P., Misra, S., Makplang, D. (2020). The Utilization of the Biometric Technology in the 2013 Manyu Division Legislative and Municipal Elections in Cameroon: An Appraisal. In: Sengodan, T., Murugappan, M., Misra, S. (eds) Advances in Electrical and Computer Technologies. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 672. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5558-9_32

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