To Nigerians with discerning minds,
electoral exercise as practiced the world over is both programme and strategy based and a keen contest where the candidates with the best programme and realistic strategies for achieving that programme is given priority / favored by the electorates.
Not exact matches
But that's all the more reason for voters to
exercise their own
electoral judgment, and now they have new evidence to judge Senatorial sleaze
as Mr. Menendez seeks re-election.
When money is
as unequally available
as it is in our society and talks
as loudly
as it does in our
electoral process, it is also small wonder that many see political engagement
as an
exercise in futility.
It is the expectation of Bayelsans that this time around election materials will get to the various units across the council area
as against the botched December
exercise where materials and
electoral officials were hijacked by political thugs.
The dust raised prior to the just concluded local government elections in Lagos State may appear to have settled feebly
as the
electoral exercise has come and gone.
If she treats this
as a short - term
electoral exercise, she will win headlines and plaudits and maybe even a snap election victory, but she will leave Britain's growing political, social and economic vacuum untouched.
In his words, «The wide acceptance of NYSC Scheme both at the national and international levels is borne out by the noteworthy contribution of Corps members to such
exercises as the
electoral process, the effective nationwide campaign against HIV / AIDs, Road accidents, Drug Abuse, Human Trafficking, Corruption, Illiteracy and the implementation of various aspects of the SDGs programme.
«With these new safeguards, New York — in the strongest terms possible — will combat unscrupulous and shadowy threats to our
electoral process,
as well
as break down fundamental barriers that for far too long have prevented New Yorkers from being heard and from
exercising their right to vote,» Cuomo said.
Represented by National Commissioner, Dr Adekunle Ogunmola, the INEC Chairman noted that the introduction of the EADR through several interventions such
as trainings, mediation
exercises and sensitization of
electoral / political stakeholders had greatly helped in reducing cases of litigations in the
electoral process.
«He warns that troublemakers and persons not directly connected with the smooth conduct of the election should stay out of the
electoral process
as the tough security arrangements in place will leave no room for any untoward behaviour, while any person, no matter his or her status, who attempts to test the will of the Police and other security agents during the
exercise will be isolated, apprehended and brought to deserved justice».
Yakubu, represented by INEC National Commissioner, Dr Adekunle Ogunmola, said that the introduction of the EADR through several interventions such
as trainings, mediation
exercises and sensitization of
electoral / political stakeholders had greatly helped in reducing cases of litigations in the
electoral process.
Such an event need not be regarded
as a repudiation of the formal mechanics put in place by an electioneering agency such
as INEC, but nonetheless extends the scope of its responsibilities, including its projection of looming hazards of future
electoral exercises.
OSSIEC had announced its plan to conduct the state councils» polls on Saturday, January 27, 2018 but a human right activist, Barrister Kanmi Ajibola approached the court, urging it to declare
as unconstitutional and illegal the
electoral law which proposed parliamentary system for the
exercise.
The House of Assembly, in the
exercise of its historic right to expel a member in appropriate circumstances, hereby expels from the Assembly the member last elected before the coming into force of this Act for the
electoral district of Inverness South by reason of his conviction on four counts of using forged documents in respect of money received by him in his capacity
as a member, and the seat of that member is and is deemed to be vacant until an election is held in that
electoral district according to law.