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Despite the advantages derivable from electronic voting, the Independent National Electoral Commission,INEC, will not adopt this modern system in next year’s general elections.
This was disclosed yesterday by Mr Kayode Idowu, the Special Adviser on Media to the Chairman of INEC Prof. Attahiru Jega through an e-mail he sent to Vanguard.
Giving reasons why INEC won’t adopt electronic voting for now despite its numerous advantages, Idowu said that the law barring the commission from introducing the system is yet to be amended. He added that the time to prepare for its introduction in next year’s polls is too short even if the Electoral Act is amended now.
According to him: “… Even if the prohibition of electronic voting is reversed soon, it is quite late for the elections which is barely eight months away.”
Source: Vanguard
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This was disclosed yesterday by Mr Kayode Idowu, the Special Adviser on Media to the Chairman of INEC Prof. Attahiru Jega through an e-mail he sent to Vanguard.
Giving reasons why INEC won’t adopt electronic voting for now despite its numerous advantages, Idowu said that the law barring the commission from introducing the system is yet to be amended. He added that the time to prepare for its introduction in next year’s polls is too short even if the Electoral Act is amended now.
According to him: “… Even if the prohibition of electronic voting is reversed soon, it is quite late for the elections which is barely eight months away.”
Source: Vanguard
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