Are African poll results too slow ?

Electoral laws in African Countries should be changed to encourage speedier announcement of results,in order to reduce tension and encourage peace in African.

It may be be possible for African elections to be announced within a reasonable time frame. Logistically, most African countries do not have the resources or equipment that can facilitate swifter announcement of election results, such as computers. But it should also be known, from my conviction that some incumbents unnecessarily delay declaration of results, with the view to rigging if they know the results may not favour them. Within a maximum time frame of 72 hours results should either be declared or the trend known publicly.
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[Personal details removed by Moderator]Mostly, African Countries Election Are Not So Quicker For A Result Always Are So Late And Full Of Disappointments,
Mainly. They Havent A Machine That Makes Easier The Result Sooner And Fast,
Some African Countries Are Really Developed According This Issue And They Using Machines That Makes Elections Easier To Find The Result Suddenly,
And I Beleive That African Electoral System Can Be Improved To Have A Well-Equiped Machines Which Can Facilitate Election Results For A Sooner

Abdirahim Mohamud
Mogadishu-Somalia

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All i can say is this year election went well the problem is results releasing process,it needs modification so that in the future we don't face same delay again,changes has to be accepted,thats the only way the country will prosper,we need to detach ourself from dwarf growth,slow changes economically,socially, politically.

Remember how slow were the election returns of the US presidential race between VP Gore and Busch.

... It is clear to all Africans that most delays in announcing results or partial results are not due to transport/logistic problems...There is enough technology around to ensure that elections are really free and fair... The problem on our continent is that most Politicians are rarely in the trade to serve their nations. They, just like the Bush,Rumsfeld & Cheney trio, are in the game with really good business cases!... Your vote better not get in between them and their rewards!
The problem of free and fair elections will only get solved when there is enough wealth for all people!

Results of AFRICAN elections are slow compared to that of Western Europe and the Americas this can be attributed to the kind communication gadgets found here in Africa.

African polls results are very slow due to so many factors. The first and foremost is the roads condition in the various countries. It is very difficult to get most parts of the most African countries which makes it hard to get results immediately after the polls. The other reason is the lack of technology to relay results to the public and the third reason is the motive by some incumbent who may want to play with the results.

The danger of keeping results for a longer time has the potential of creating speculation of some one wanting to cheat which causes other parties to result into demonstration and other form of violence.

African poll results will definitely be too slow because of politicians systematically trying to rig the results couple with the fact that, there are no good transportation network to connect the polling stations to the central region. What a pity.

Most elections in Africa are unfair and they usually take time to do their Maths correctly sop that the figure make sense.
My Country Guinea is having her first ever democratic election in 52 years,most African Countries also lack the resources to adequately give the results. Guinea for example has many regions that not easily accesible by car and there is no domestic flight in the Country and getting the ballot boxes to Conakry for counting takes days sometimes weeks.

Electoral processes in Africa needs total reformation, if credible election must be achieved, that is to say, all hands must be on desk to see that the manner and conduct of election in Africa meet universally acceptable standard.

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