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Item A framework for Mobile Application integrated with Biometric Authentication to Improve Youth participation in Elections(University of the Witswatersrand, Johannesburg, 2023) Botsime, Kealeboga Obed; Pellissier, Prof RenéThe purpose of this research study is to apply the technology acceptance framework to assess the prospect of using mobile application integrated with biometric authentication that might improve the South African’s youth participation in elections. The main objectives of this research are to measure the extent to which youth voters have trust in internet and the ability for the national government to conduct online elections, evaluate the youth voters ICT accessibility and skills and to determine the attitudes, perceptions as well as intention to participate in online elections using framework for mobile application. A quantitative research approach was adopted for this research. An onlinequestionnaire on formplus platform is used to collect data from Gauteng youth (18-35 years); 209 participants had valid responses. A conceptual framework is proposed using constructs and theories from the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). The constructs were adopted from the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), and it was also extended with trust constructs. The findings of this research are youth respondents have indicated that they agree (eighty-four percent) and have intention to use the mobile application to participate in online voting if it becomes available and they have the willingness to learn how to use it. The intention of youth to use mobile phones for online voting as an important contributing factor to improve youth participation in elections.Item Electoral integrity in mozambique: institutions, structures and international players(2022) Da Silva, Delma ComissarioAs a necessary condition for democratisation, the quality of elections is assessed through the concept of electoral integrity. This is the extent to which countries meet globally shared standards and principles for democratic elections. The purpose of this research was to examine the underlying reasons for Mozambique’s underperformance in the 2019 elections from an electoral integrity perspective. Theoretically, the research was informed by propositions for electoral performance that include structural, institutional, and international factors for achieving electoral integrity. Empirically, it was tested in the context of Mozambique to assess whether these factors effectively influenced the 2019 election outcome. The main research findings point to a multiplicity of structural and institutional constraints to electoral integrity that increased the risks of electoral malpractice despite massive electoral assistance to strengthen electoral integrity and, by extension, the democratic process