Latest Factchecks:
FACT CHECK: Do these images show trucks carrying old naira notes from Tinubu’s house?
FACT CHECK: Does video show attack on man wearing Peter Obi’s campaign T-shirt?
FACT CHECK: Did Tinubu say Lagos is a refuse dump?
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FACT CHECK: Viral image does not show Peter Obi eating Isiewu with ‘Biafra beer’
FACT CHECK: Are you eligible to vote without PVC?
FACT CHECK: Is Kwankwaso’s doctorate honorary or academic?
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FACT CHECK: Verifying Tinubu’s claims on security situation in Nigeria since 2015
FACT SHIELD: What happens when a candidate dies before or after election?
Did Al-Zakzaky Endorse Peter Obi For President
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FACT CHECK: Has APC completed the Second Niger Bridge as Tinubu claimed?
FACT CHECK: Verifying Peter Obi’s claims at Chatham House
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FACT CHECK: No, Sultan of Sokoto did not endorse Peter Obi for president
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CDD Election Observation
Election observation is a valuable tool for improving the quality of elections. Observers help build public confidence in the honesty of electoral processes. Observation can help promote and protect the civil and political rights of participants in elections. It can lead to the correction of errors or weak practices, even while an election process is still under way. It can deter manipulation and fraud, or expose such problems if they do occur.
When observers can issue positive reports, it builds trust in the democratic process and enhances the legitimacy of the governments that emerge from elections. Election observation by domestic groups encourages civic involvement in the political process. Following elections, reports and recommendations by observer groups can lead to changes and improvements in national law and practice.
Observation takes on heightened importance in post-conflict countries, in which groups that have been contesting on the battlefield may harbour strong suspicions of the political system and the election process. In such cases, observation makes an important contribution to peace-building, since creating confidence in elections can help promote national reconciliation and sound democratic practices. Election observation by CDDFactcheck or other intergovernmental organizations can be especially helpful when domestic observer organizations do not have sufficient strength or resources to organize effective monitoring efforts, or when the impartiality of domestic observers is in question, as may often be the case in post-conflict countries or new democracies.
However, international observers are typically less knowledgeable about the country they are observing, and a few may bring their own biases to the observation. In extraordinary circumstances international observers or supervisors in post-conflict countries may even be given the authority to certify or invalidate election results. Generally, however, observers have no power to interfere in the election process, but may only observe, assess and report.

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