Abstract

One of the basic features of democracy is the presence of periodic elections and Electoral Management Bodies EMBs saddled with the responsibility are faced with dynamic and multi-faceted challenges However comparative analyses of experiences processes performance delivery across developing and developed nations have shown consistent engagement with modern technologies Nigeria the black nation s world biggest democracy currently in the fourth republic that has spanned a record time of almost twenty years still records negative elections reports at the pre-election election and post-election stages ranging from disenfranchisement apathy violence vote-rigging ballot box snatching stuffing vote-buying militarization among others Of note the total sum of the length of the previous republics barely was ten years However this study examines the operational environment in which the Electoral Commission operated since the beginning of the republic in 1999 and the role technology has and can play in aiding the democratization process in the country The work relies on secondary source of data gathering and content analytical approach was adopted