The Senate has reversed its earlier decision, which rejected the mandatory electronic transmission of election results contained in the Electoral Act Amendment Bill today.
The Senate had previously retained provisions of the extant Electoral Act, 2023, which effectively limited electronic transmission from polling units to the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) Result Viewing Portal (IREV) after vote counting.
With the adoption of the new proposal, the Senate passed an amended Clause 60(3), permitting the presiding officer at each polling unit to transmit election results electronically after Form EC8A has been duly completed and signed.
Under the approved clause, electronic transmission is allowed where the technology does not fail and is possible to use. However, in situations where electronic transmission fails or becomes impossible, the signed Form EC8A will serve as the primary source of election results.
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The decision followed a motion moved by the Senate Chief Whip, Tahir Monguno, during an emergency plenary session and as protesters gathered around the National Assembly over the removal of the clause mandating real-time electronic transmission of election results.
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