10/22/2020 0 Comments U.S. v Uganda electionsToday we discussed the issues of elections and did a panel discussion with three Ugandan professors comparing the upcoming United States and Ugandan elections. As the student of the day, I had only planned on introducing the speakers and one of the professors was planning on acting as the facilitator of the discussion, however I was asked before to join the panel as an additional facilitator with an American perspective. This experience was one of the best things to happen to me, getting to discuss politics with professors with international perspectives and getting to share experiences. As I walked with Dorothy to Café Javas, we talked about how I have been participating in elections and campaigning since I was eight years old with my dad when he was running for local office.
I found our discussion very enlightening as we discussed the issues with Ugandan elections, such as media influence, campaign financing, electoral security, voter suppression and more. As we talked, both professors and students saw how similar the elections are in Uganda and the United States. What I found most interesting about the similarities was the unknown of what’s going to happen post-election and the possible violence that may occur in the streets. There were clear distinctions throughout the conversation, including the freedom of media in the U.S. compared to Uganda, the openness of campaign financing in the U.S. whereas unknown in Uganda, the use of the national guard pre-elections in Uganda, and more.
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