ABSTRACT The last decade of the 21st century has so far seen many important elections on the African continent. These elections offer windows for the development of democracy and freedom throughout the continent. The same period has been characterised by a burgeoning population, estimated to be over one billion. The rapid growth in population has fuelled a quick growth in the number of eligible voters. Around the same period, another increase has been under way: evolving new technology penetration in electoral management systems. The introduction of innovative technologies into the electoral management systems (prior, during and post-election) has raised both interest and concerns. This review article provides insights into, and a critique of the role of emerging technologies in Africa’s electoral managements systems. The article taps on some of the best practices of modern technology applications in the electoral process. Some of the areas of focus in this article include constituency delimitation, political party registration, voter registration, voting operations and stakeholder engagements. The discussion denotes a rising recognition and use of new technologies in these areas to improve efficiency, ensure credibility of democratic processes and reliability of election results. The literature engages with a mixture of successes and failures, improvements and challenges, innovations and obstacles in the context of countryspecific electoral systems technological applications.

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技术转型和不断变化的人口模式：对非洲未来选举的展望

摘要 21 世纪的最后十年迄今为止见证了非洲大陆的许多重要选举。这些选举为整个非洲大陆的民主和自由发展提供了窗口。同一时期的特点是人口迅速增长，估计超过 10 亿。人口的快速增长推动了合格选民数量的快速增长。大约在同一时期，另一个增长正在进行中：新技术在选举管理系统中的渗透率不断提高。将创新技术引入选举管理系统（选举前、选举中和选举后）引起了人们的兴趣和关注。这篇评论文章提供了对新兴技术在非洲选举管理系统中的作用的见解和批评。本文利用了选举过程中现代技术应用的一些最佳实践。本文的一些重点领域包括选区划分、政党登记、选民登记、投票运作和利益相关者参与。讨论表明这些领域越来越多地认识到和使用新技术，以提高效率，确保民主进程的可信度和选举结果的可靠性。在特定国家的选举系统技术应用的背景下，文献涉及成功与失败、改进与挑战、创新与障碍的混合体。选民登记、投票操作和利益相关者参与。讨论表明这些领域越来越多地认识到和使用新技术，以提高效率，确保民主进程的可信度和选举结果的可靠性。在特定国家的选举系统技术应用的背景下，文献涉及成功与失败、改进与挑战、创新与障碍的混合体。选民登记、投票操作和利益相关者参与。讨论表明这些领域越来越多地认识到和使用新技术，以提高效率，确保民主进程的可信度和选举结果的可靠性。在特定国家的选举系统技术应用的背景下，文献涉及成功与失败、改进与挑战、创新与障碍的混合体。