(2) Can someone
use Voters Card to apply as a means of identification instead of National Identification Number (NIN)?
y are they not
using voters card?
Latendresse pointed out that in 2011 electors could
use the voter card most of us receive in the mail, which includes the residential address as corroborating ID, but the new Act will forbid that.
Not exact matches
They
use the so - called «stealth» techniques less than they once did, but they still like to come in at the last minute and distribute
voter guides, often putting them on
cards at churches, or to conduct saturation telephone campaigns on the weekend before the election.
California did try voting machines, and they are still an option (every precinct has a voting machine, and you can request to
use it, but paper ballots are the default), and it works somewhat similarly, in that the election officers give
voters a
card that activates the voting machine, and the type of ballot is recorded on that
card.
Given the potentials the
card reader has for disinfecting the process with the scrutiny of authentication of the
voter register, all those who stand for genuine electoral reform have no choice but to improve the enabling policy ambiance for supporting the
card reader by ensuring judicial clarity which supports its
use.
Automatic removal of the name of a registered
voter, who lawfully and legally registered to vote,
using an ID
Card that the Supreme Court has confirmed was legal to
use at the time she registered, is like a dictatorial government divesting citizens of their rights, in this case, the right to vote enshrined in Article 42 of our Constitution, without due process.
The
card reader is to complement and confirm the integrity of the
voter register and that is why the unusual moonlight figures of the past years are disappearing and, if those against the
use of the
card reader succeed through the court, that would be a major setback and total reversal of the reformative mileage we have covered as a country on election matters, a significant progress that has resulted in other African countries calling on Nigeria's INEC for assistance.
By urging tribunals to strike down the
use of the
card reader, the implication is a return to our prior election system, going back to the 2003 and 2007 era where Mike Tyson, dead people and ghost names on the
voter register produced huge votes recorded on election day to declare people winners of election.
The
card reader is meant to empower
voters, and any decision against the
use of the
card reader is an act that dis - empowers
voters.
According to him, people should
use the opportunity to transfer their registration centres, collect their permanent
voter cards and have their lost
cards replaced.
Therefore, having found
use of the NHIS
card for registration as a
voter to be unconstitutional, the Supreme Court had power to order the Electoral Commission to remove or delete the affected registrations from the register of
voters and provide all affected persons a fresh opportunity to be registered as
voters using a constitutionally - compliant form of identification.
The Supreme Court's directive asking the Electoral Commission (EC) to produce the list of persons whose names were captured onto the
voters» register
using the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS)
card as proof of Ghanaian citizenship, expires today, June 29.
The Supreme Court will today [Thursday], June 30 2016, hear the suit in which former People's National Convention (PNC) Youth Organizer, Abu Ramadan, is asking it to compel the Electoral Commission, to delete names of
voters on the register, who got onto the electoral roll through the
use of the National Health Insurance Scheme
card as a proof of Ghanaian...
The Electoral Commission today [Wednesday], officially submitted what is supposed to be the full list of persons who found their way onto the
voters» register
using the National Health Insurance Scheme
card as a proof of Ghanaian citizenship, prior to the 2012 elections.
New York allows
voters to register through Department of Motor Vehicles websites,
using digital signatures on driver's licenses and ID
cards that are on file.
But the relaxation of this, has now forced the NPP, to called on the EC to extend the period of re-registration of persons whose names, have been deleted from the
voters» register, because they
used NHIS
cards to register.
The court had earlier in 2014 declared as invalid, the
use of the NHIS
card as for
voter registration on the basis that some foreigners in the country hold such
cards.
However, on May 5 this year, the Supreme Court in a case filed by Abu Ramadan and Evans Nimako ordered the EC to remove from Ghana's current
voter's register, the names of over 56,000 people who
used NHIS
cards as proof to register and voted in the 2012 elections.
When TEApubs pass laws that ban a college student from
using their ID
card to vote, but allow some yahoo to
use his AK - 47 permit to vote we know what is going on... The last decisions on
voter restriction efforts (Texas and Wisconsin) have been 8 - 0 rulings.
The amendments proposed the introduction of individual
voter registration and for
voters to prove their identity in polling stations, by showing commonly
used forms of ID, such as a bank
card.
The Supreme Court has ruled that drivers» license and NHIS
cards that were
used in registering
voters for the 2012 elections were unconstitutional.
The only way to do this is to ensure that we do not only register for the 2019 general elections but we also jealously protect our
voters»
cards and put them to effective
use at the right time.
«The government alone can not fight corruption for us to reach a turning point; Nigerians must rise up and
use the very powerful
voter's
card.
Fourth, New York needs to cut up its credit
card and only
use long - term debt, approved by
voters, for projects that have true long - term benefit.
Narrating his ordeal to Adom News, the NDC man noted that, the NPP had brought a lot of minors to be registered under the guise of
using the
voter ID
cards in future.http: / / ghanapoliticsonline.com
«It is the fact that the court below, though differently constituted confirmed on appeal elections in respect of House of Assembly seats in Osisioma LGA and Isiala North LGA which took place simultaneously with the Abia Governorship same day, time, in the same polling units and where
voters were accredited
using the same
voters; registers and
card readers.»
Former National Youth organizer of the Peoples National Convention, (PNC) Abu Ramadan is set to return to the Supreme Court to seek clarity on its May 5 ruling on the deletion of names of persons who
used National Health Insurance
Cards as proof of identity in the
voters» register.
He said, «It is important to stress at this juncture that only the PVCs would be
used to vote during the governorship poll, while the smart
card readers would be
used for accreditation of
voters.»
«It is on record that the State Independent Electoral Commission has deliberately refused to make
use of the INEC
card reader machine for authentication of
voters during the election, display the
voters register at polling units for
voters to confirm their names and eligibility to vote.
While reports of widespread purges have not proved true, there is increasing evidence that county boards of elections
used voter notification
cards required by HB3 that were returned by the post office to flag hundreds of thousands of
voters» names at the polls throughout Ohio and force them to vote provisionally.
Olumekun said that as was the case in the 2015 General Election, the commission would retain the
use of permanent
voter card and smart
card reader for conduct of the election.
If not, the old rigging styles known to the party can not work in this age of biometric registration of
voters and the
use of the
card reader.
According to him: «Accreditation of
voters using the permanent
voter card (PVC) largely did not take place.
They two were seeking true and proper interpretation of Article 42 of the Constitution in relation to the
use of the NHIS
card as a proof of qualification to register as a
voter pursuant to Public Elections.
Following the 2014 ruling that banned the
use of the NHIS
cards for registration, Abu Ramadan went back to the Supreme Court this year, seeking among other reliefs a declaration that the
voters» register was not credible for the polls in November.
The Supreme Court has unanimously granted a perpetual injunction restraining the Electoral Commission (EC) from
using the National Health Insurance
Card in its current form as an identity card for voter registrati
Card in its current form as an identity
card for voter registrati
card for
voter registrations.
Diebold's Mark Radke points out that during the recall election for the governor of California last year, fewer than 1 percent of the
voters that
used Diebold machines submitted blank ballots — a rate well below that for optical - scan
cards (2.7 percent) and punch
cards (6.3 percent).
That's why it is so astounding that Dowd has
used her credit
card and borrowed money from friends to pay to send out screeners to Oscar
voters hoping for that important thing that would stay with her forever — Oscar nominated actress.
A successful eVoting process will involve the
voter using an ID
card, the system authenticating the user, and the
voter then confirming their choice with a digital signature.
Some
voters could also
use their
voter information
card (the document you get in the mail saying where to vote) as a way to corroborate where they live.
On Friday, the government won another court case, allowing it to bar the
use of
voter information
cards as a valid form of identification.
In fact, Florida law states that the list of candidates «shall be taken from the male and female persons at least 18 years of age who are citizens of the United States and legal residents of this state and their respective counties and who possess a driver license or identification
card issued by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles», and does not sanction
using voter lists.