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Election officials contend with a malfunctioning fingerprint scanner.

Citizens of Africa’s most populous country will go to the polls in April to elect their leaders for the fourth time since Nigeria’s transition to civilian government in 1998-99. NDI is conducting an international observation mission to analyze the electoral process before, during and after the elections. This is the first in a series of reports based on the observations of NDI’s long-term observers, who are assessing the electoral process in each of Nigeria's six geopolitical zones from January through May 2011.

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Feb. 14, 2011

Issue 2

In this edition:

  • The Independent National Electoral Commission registered 64 million Nigerians after extending the registration period by a week
  • Deadline to register as candidate passes, confusion remains
  • Citizen observation coalition documents problems with registration

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Pictured above: Observers watch as election officials contend with a malfunctioning fingerprint scanner.