The coalition hinged their decision on the alleged violation of the Constitution and Electoral Act by the state
electoral body in the process leading to the polls.
19.10: These results below have not been confirmed by the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC),
the electoral body in charge of the election, and at such results here can change at any time.
The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, said after approving the appointments said «We hope they contribute and continue to sustain free and credible elections in Nigeria by ensuring that the practices of the national
electoral body in this country meet global standards.»
ELECTORAL bodies in West and Southern African countries have made a passionate plea to the private sector to contribute to the funding of elections because of the increasing cost of organising them, which they say government alone can no longer shoulder.
Not exact matches
For many nominal Catholics may not live a Christian life at all and may be quite uninterested
in the Church, but might nevertheless claim their right to vote for
electoral bodies precisely
in order to work against the interests of the Church.
This question leads to another, namely which among all those who give their religion as R. C. should cooperate
in appointing the
electoral bodies.
Convening such a
body would provide a space to debate how best to address systematic political inequality, whether through thorough - going
electoral reform including PR and compulsory voting, the radical overhaul of the democratic aberration that is the Lords, or
in reforming party funding, all of which the report supports.
Any
electoral official of a local authority (as defined
in section 5 of the Local
Electoral Act 2001) may, on payment of the prescribed fee, and
in accordance with regulations made under this Act, obtain from the
Electoral Commission a computer - compiled list or electronic storage medium containing specified information, for the purpose of conducting an election for any
body, where the
Electoral Commission is satisfied that --
The
electoral approach: The
electoral body often make some advertising, promoting the use of vote, specially
in young democracies.
«It is
in a view to bring an end to all these tradition of
electoral manipulation that, we of the SPN will continue to canvass for the democratisation of state and national
electoral bodies whose members will comprise of the elected representatives of trade unions, youth and professional organisations, trade and artisan associations including the community associations like residents association.
Saraki, according to a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Sanni Onogu, gave the charge when the Chairman of the Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, who is also the President of ECONEC, led other members of the sub-regional
electoral body on a visit to the leadership of the Senate
in Abuja.
According to an IEC spokesman, President Hamid Karzai and General David Petraeus, the commander of coalition forces
in Afghanistan, reviewed the proposed list of polling stations on Saturday, which led to the
electoral body removing an additional 100 stations that the security forces had said were safe.
He said, «It depends on the transparency
in the
electoral body.
The Senate threatened to suspend its plenary if the
electoral body failed to meet the deadline, pointing out that the state had remained without representation
in the national assembly for a long period.
The
electoral management
body arrived at that conclusion when it released its investigative report regarding the sacking of two of its officials
in July for reportedly verifying Dr. Bawumia at his Walewale residence during the just ended verification exercise.
The mischief embarked upon by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to discredit the
Electoral Commission (EC), has backfired
in the party's stronghold of Ashanti Region, with many people disenfranchised from voting
in the 2016 Presidential and Parliamentary elections by the Supreme Court decision
in the Abu Ramadan and Evans Nimako case, against the
electoral body.
«The first lesson from the 2015 general elections is that a strong and professional
electoral management
body with a strong leadership is indispensable
in ensuring credible elections
in Nigeria,» Barrister Okoye noted.
A Federal High Court sitting
in Abuja has granted a late - night ex-parte order targeted at persuading the Chairman of the Nigerian
electoral body, the Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Attahiru Jega to...
«We are all aware that the two legal documents guiding INEC
in the conduct of elections; the Constitution and the
Electoral Act, have provisions for
electoral exigencies as well as empower the
electoral body to fully take responsibility for any of its actions or inaction without undue interference from any quarters whatsoever.»
Second preferences could be crucial as few expect any one candidate to secure a winning majority on first preferences
in an
electoral college split into three between MPs / MEPs, party members and members of affiliated
bodies like the trade unions.
The employees have accused Mrs. Osei of corruption, breaching public procurement regulations and disregarding administrative procedures
in her management of the
electoral body.
They noted that «never
in the history of Local Government Elections
in Enugu has there been a commission that leaves its door open to the political parties», adding that the
electoral body was «accessible to the political parties and much more they were receptive to superior arguments».
The encomium from Sunder Katwala, of the Fabian Society for the Alternative Vote
in the place of first - past - the post (FPTP) elections for the House of Commons is yet another example, first, of a major party's search to consolidate its
electoral position, and secondly, of the weakness of campaigning
bodies to oblige the parties to open up an honest debate about the alternatives to FPTP.
At a pre-election press conference
in an Accra Tuesday, Chairperson of the Commission, Mrs. Charlotte Osei outlined some rules and measures rolled out by the
electoral body to ensure a free, fair and credible elections.
Worse still, the questionable participation of officials of the Independent National
Electoral Commission, INEC, as observers of the so - called primaries, has brought to the fore concerns of Nigerians about the seeming absence of institutional memory
in Nigeria's
electoral body.
Because of some defect
in the total registration, the
electoral body officially registered 68,833,476 voters for the elections
in February 2015.
The mayor said his main focus will be on expanding pre-kindergarten to 3 - year - olds, along with increasing investments
in affordable housing, putting
body cameras on patrol officers citywide and tackling
electoral reform.
Yakubu said, «Given the high stakes of conducting elections
in developing countries,
electoral commissions must understandably be worried about the twin issues of communication and security especially
in situations where data reside with and is directly transmitted to the tallying centres through offshore vendors rather than exclusively controlled within national boundaries by election monitoring
bodies.
The
electoral body said
in a tweet, «It has come to the attention of the Independent National
Electoral Commission that some persons, especially on social media have started publishing result of the Edo governorship election, such result should be disregarded as only INEC or its designated officials can do so.»
The Spokesman of the group, Mr. Ali Abacha, said
in Akure on Thursday that the
electoral body and security agencies were fully prepared for the poll, hence there was no need to postpone it.
Yakubu said while it could not be established if children actually voted
in the election, he could confirm that the voter register which INEC gave to the Kano
electoral body for undertaking the election was not completely used.
«Therefore, we are not
in support of the change
in the sequence because it can only cause unnecessary spending by the
electoral body, despite the economic issues
in the country.
Yakubu said the
electoral body will continue to work with the State Independent
Electoral Commissions (SIECs) to ensure continuous improvements
in the quality of all elections conducted
in Nigeria.
He said: «Election Management
Bodies in our sub-regions and beyond have deployed technology
in one way or another to improve on the processes, administration and outcome of elections, ranging from training and capacity - building for
electoral officials, promotion of inclusivity
in the
electoral process (youths, women, PWDs, IDPs and out - of - country / diaspora voters), the biometric registration of voters, delineation of
electoral constituencies, geo - referencing of existing as well as the creation of new polling units, establishment of robust electronic databases, accreditation of voters during elections, actual voting and the speedy and more accurate collation / transmission of results.
«impose a duty on government
bodies to provide specified information to registration officers
in Wales for the purposes of
electoral registration.»
NAN recalls that, fire on Saturday razed the two - storey building of Kaduna state
electoral body, few weeks before the local government election
in the state.
She said, «Election management
bodies face the formidable challenge of ensuring that stakeholders have trust
in the
electoral process.
It seems there is no end
in sight for the troubles of the
Electoral Commission (EC) as it has emerged that the
electoral management
body auctioned 40 of its vehicles
in 2013 to its members of staff.
Lamont also won majorities
in two groups of Labour's three - tier
electoral college system, securing the support of parliamentarians and affiliated
bodies such as trade unions.
The report was that the
electoral body had been on top of some minor hitches
in the distribution of materials
in some isolated polling units, about two or three and the issue had been resolved and the process was progressing smoothly.»
Voting took place between 17 November and 10 December using the three - tier
electoral college system, which gives parliamentarians, individual members, and affiliated
bodies such as trade unions an equal say
in the outcome.
Whereas certain domestic factors such as a pliant media,
electoral body, and judiciary played an instrumental role
in all of these recent polls, exogenous factors found
in the current international sphere also played an important part
in facilitating a favorable result for each of the incumbents.
As an independent and impartial statutory
body, part of the VEC's role is to run education programs to ensure that young people
in Victoria understand the
electoral process.
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In his political thriller, The Electors, the weak spot
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in the system is the
electoral college, a little understood
body that wields decisive power
in a close electio
in a close election.