INEC: How we’ll transmit results, voters’ accreditation on Election Day

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it would transmit both the results and the accreditation figures simultaneously on Election Day so that the two would rhyme.

INEC stated that it has created a new Uniform Resource Locator (URL) on its Results Viewing Portal where both the accreditation and results would be viewed.

The chairman of the electoral umpire, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made this known while assessing activities at polling units in Abuja where mock accreditation of voters was held using the BVAS machines on Saturday.

“We are going to transmit both the accreditation figures and the results on Election Day.

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“We are giving assurance to Nigerians that on Election Day, both the accredited data and the actual votes cast will be transmitted simultaneously and accurately,” he said.

Yakubu said the mock exercise was organised to further test the integrity of the machines to be used on Election Days, adding that it needed to test the machines in the field ahead of the election bearing in mind that this was the first time deploying the machines nationwide.

He stated that INEC identified 436 polling units nationwide on the equality of states and on the basis of two local governments per senatorial district for the mock exercise.

Four polling units were used in each local government area where the exercise held, making a total of 16 polling units per state.

“Voters are verified using their PVCs and then authenticated using their fingerprint or facial recognition on the machines on the basis of which they will be given the ballot papers on Election Day after successful accreditation,” the INEC boss added.

The Star