{"id":1453,"date":"2024-11-27T11:29:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T11:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ahead.africa\/?post_type=election&#038;p=1453"},"modified":"2026-03-12T14:28:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T14:28:14","slug":"namibia","status":"publish","type":"election","link":"https:\/\/ahead.africa\/en\/election\/namibia\/","title":{"rendered":"Namibia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The voting process was halted <\/strong>whenever voter verification devices malfunctioned, instead of using the electronic voter roll as a backup.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>With few exceptions, <strong>polling stations commenced voting with only one polling booth<\/strong>, requiring Presiding Officers to request an additional booth during the day. This affected the time needed to process voters.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Inadequate support from Returning Officers<\/strong> hindered the voting process,<strong> <\/strong>who were expected to provide timely responses and assistance upon request by Presiding Officers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Despite Namibia\u2019s reputation for press freedom, media interlocutors highlighted a <strong>gap between guaranteed freedoms and candidates&#8217; effective use of traditional and social media for campaigning.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Voting was extended by two days<\/strong> due to issues like ballot paper shortages and malfunctions with voter verification and ultraviolet light detection devices.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5770,"template":"election","meta":{"_acf_changed":true},"grantees":[],"observer":[29,26],"partner":[8,59],"region":[43],"class_list":["post-1453","election","type-election","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","observer-esn-sa","observer-zimbabwe-election-support-network","partner-esn-sa","partner-zesn","region-namibia"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahead.africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/election\/1453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahead.africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/election"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahead.africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/election"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahead.africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahead.africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"grantees","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahead.africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/grantees?post=1453"},{"taxonomy":"observer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahead.africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/observer?post=1453"},{"taxonomy":"partner","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahead.africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/partner?post=1453"},{"taxonomy":"region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahead.africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/region?post=1453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}