Here’s Where The Battle For Election Integrity — After Weeks Of Setbacks — Is Now

The world’s most prominent democratic republic celebrates its 250th anniversary Saturday, ending a week many election integrity advocates would rather forget. The Supreme Court ruled Monday in Watson v. RNC that states can count non-military mail-in ballots received days and even weeks after the closing of polls. Later that same day, supporters of stricter election…

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How State Governments Shut Procurement Portals, Denied Nigerians Access To Monitor Multi-Billion Naira Projects

How State Governments Shut Procurement Portals, Denied Nigerians Access To Monitor Multi-Billion Naira Projects

A SaharaReporters’ review of the Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) portals operated by state governments across Nigeria has shown that many states have shut down or allowed their open contracting portals to become non-functional, denying Nigerians access to transparency on public projects worth billions of naira. Before many of the portals became inaccessible, Nigeria received…

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