The article examines how the deployment of a biometric technology in Ghana's 2012 election ended in confusion and put the legitimacy of the election outcome in jeopardy. Analysing data drawn from 100 interviews and 500 surveys on the extent to which the use of a biometric voter registration and electronic voter verification technology impacted the election's outcom...

The article examines how the deployment of a biometric technology in Ghana's 2012 election ended in confusion and put the legitimacy of the election outcome in jeopardy. Analysing data drawn from 100 interviews and 500 surveys on the extent to which the use of a biometric voter registration and electronic voter verification technology impacted the election's outcom...