Benue State University, Makurdi

Interrogating The Contradictions of Secret and Optional Balloting In A Multi-party Democratic System: A Path to Reform

Aliyu Ozovehe Ilias

Abstract

This paper interrogates the problems of secret balloting and optional balloting in a multiparty democracy and the way forward. The effort is to resolve whether the absurdities arising from secret balling and optional balloting in a multiparty Democracy have affected multiparty democracy in Nigeria. The secondary method of data collection was used in order to explain the topic. The explanatory design was employed in order to achieve vivid analysis with the view of easing assimilation. The Elite Theory was used as a theoretical framework and the essence of this is that balloting in a multiparty democracy in Nigeria is very elitist. There is no gain in stating the obvious that there are challenges facing secret and optional balloting in a multiparty democracy. It is based on these challenges that this paper is suggesting that balloting in Nigeria should be done electronically to avoid the menace that comes with secret and optional balloting in Nigeria.

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