Not exact matches
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.
The Supreme Court demanded the list following a return to court by plaintiffs Abu Ramadan and Evans Nimako, to seek clarity on the same court's May 5 ruling, in
which it ordered the EC to delete from the register of
voters, names of the dead, minors and those, who were registered onto the poll roll through their NHIS
cards.
Beyond a few places where obviously the
card reader was by - passed as evidenced in the kind of figures shown as indicated in our reports of the 2015 elections, if we examine critically the credible margin of election results, figures from recent elections and the more recent ones in Kogi and Bayelsa, from those declared, showing a reasonable and realistic reflection of
voter turn - out,
which are credible, dignified figures, we can say hopefully today that the era of invidious moon - slide and landslide bogus election results are fast becoming a thing of the past in this country.
Election is about
voters electing those they want to lead them, and a credible
voter register helps to ensure that those who vote are the true eligible
voters, the
card reader,
which authenticates the
voter identity, helps to make the
voter register more robust and resistant to moon - light and landslide bogus figures.
Abdullahi added, «During the first phase of the
voter registration, over 35,000
voters registered in Bauchi State, out of
which 15,000 are yet to collect their
cards.»
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...
City Council Member Gale Brewer, participating in her last meeting of the Technology Committee,
which she previously chaired, before taking on her new role as Manhattan Borough President, said she was skeptical of Internet voting, noting that the potential requirement of I.D.
cards was problematic given the
Voter I.D. debates, but emphasized her support for improving reporting of election results and encouraging
voter registration through other agencies.
Peterside recalled that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the build - up to the 2015 general elections, accused the APC of cloning
voter's
cards and plotting to hack into INEC database,
which eventually proved to be baseless.
«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.»
It is unfortunate that in today's Nigeria, the authorities seem so prepared to waste so much public resources in conducting elections as was the case in the Kogi State supplementary election,
which many consider unnecessary, but was conducted on the grounds of a so - called 91,000
voters, who were yet to vote, and who may not even have had the Permanent Voter
Cards, PVCs, whereas the total number of people who had PVCs was just 25,000, and APC was already leading by well over 41,000 votes.
While the confirmed registered
voters are 68,833,476, the number of
cards distributed as at February 1, 2015 is 42,779,339
which gives 62.15 % of the distribution.
In 2014, AARP New York,
which represents approximately 750,000 members aged 50 - plus in the five boroughs, found that identity theft or credit
card fraud had impacted roughly one - fifth to one - fourth of
voters in the same age demographic.
He also urged Nigerians to register and obtain their Permanent
Voters Card, PVC,
which he described as their weapon to fight bad government.
Nolan allowed the other ballot to be counted,
which was objected to based on a discrepancy between the ballot signature and that adorning the
voter registration
card.
Optical - scan
cards,
which require the
voter to blacken a rectangle with a special pen, don't work when
voters fail to follow the directions.
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.
The Aadhaar and
Voter ID
cards operate in different fields, he said, adding a
voter ID has much more details,
which is lacking in the Aadhaar
card.