*Voting Procedure
*There will be an accreditation to verify that everyone who presents a voter’s card is on the voters’ register. accreditation will take place from 8 am to 12 pm.
*After accreditation, there will be a 30 minute break to prepare for voting and inform voters about the voting procedure.
*At 12.30 pm, the queue for voting will be formed and a physical headcount taken – verification that each person in the queue has been accredited will take place.
*Voters on the queue shall approach the table one at a time, receive the ballot paper, proceed to the secluded voting cubicle and indicate the candidate/party of their choice for the election with a thumb print. Voters
will then come to the ballot box placed in the full view of those assembled and drop the marked ballot paper.
*When two elections are held on the same day, each voter will receive two ballot papers, one for each election and mark them accordingly.
*Physically challenged voters may be accompanied into the secluded voting cubicle if they so request.
*Voting will continue until the last person on the queue has voted.
*After voting has ended, voters may remain to see the counting of the votes.
Vote Counting
*The total number of votes cast should not exceed the number of accredited voters at that polling unit; if it does, the results for that center will be automatically nullified.
*After the results are tallied, the appropriate forms are filled, copies given to party agents and other official observers at the center, and one copy is pasted at the polling center.
Vote Counting and Post-Poll Procedures
After the last person in the queue has voted, the Presiding Officer shall announce the closure of the poll and proceed to empty the contents of the box on the table. He or she will then:
*Sort the ballots for the different election types
*Sort the ballots according to the parties and those rejected
*Count the votes for each party loudly
*Record votes scored by each party in the Statement of Result ofPoH Form, i.e. the appropriate Form EC 8A series
*Announce the votes scored by each party
*Sign, stamp and date the Result Form and invite the party agent to also sign
*Distribute a copy of the result to each of the Party Agents, the police and if possible, other Security Personnel present
*Post the result of poll using Poster EC 60E
*Package all materials – used and unused – into the appropriate envelopes properly labeled and proceed to the Registration Area Collation Center
*Submit the Original Statement of Result of Poll to the Registration Area Collation Officer (RACOL)
*Submit the used and unused materials to the Supervisory Presiding Officer
Things to Remember for voting
Where Your polling unit
What to Bring
Your voter registration card
No Voting Card – Don’t come to the Polling Unit!
When
Arrive at the polling unit between 8-12 noon on election day.
Join the voting queue starting at 12:30pm.
Any Problem?
Cell Phones are welcome at the Polls. Use them to send Text messages to report any fraud, violence or election tampering:
Send SMS
Reports to:
08166662222; 08120006622; 08096662221
Call election Hotlines:
07070273671-9; 070702736781; 070702736782; 070702736783; 070702736784; 070702736785; 070702736789; 070702736787; 070702736788; 070702736789.
2011 Elections in figures
8809 – the number of wards where elections will be conducted.
120,000 – the number of polling units where the electorate can vote.
73528040 – the number of Nigerians captured by INEC on its Direct Data Capturing machines.
54 – the number of political parties that nominated candidates for the elections
21 – the number of candidates to contest the presidential election.
4 – the number of parties fielding candidates for all categories of election – ACN, ANPP, CPC, PDP.
9 – number of political parties that did not nominate candidates for the election.
360,000 – number of AD Hoc staff recruited for the elections by INEC.
Source: INEC
Voters state by state
S/N State Tentative Actual Duplicate
Announced
1 Abia 1,481,191 1,524,484 17,522
2 Adamawa 1,714,860 1,816,094 9,773
3 Akwa Ibom 1,714,781 1,616,873 8,738
4 Anambra 1,758,220 2,011,746 33,747
5 Bauchi 1,835,562 2,523,614 7,451
6 Bayelsa 472,389 591,870 14,513
7 Benue 1,415,162 2,390,884 42,042
8 Borno 2,730,368 2,380,957 21,164
9 Cross River 1,018,550 1,148,486 39,085
10 Delta 1,900,055 2,032,191 17,166
11 Ebonyi 876,249 1,050,534 3,917
12 Edo 1,412225 1,655,776 6,277
13 Ekiti 750,753 764,726 2,868
14 Enugu 1,301,185 1,303,155 9,401
15 FCT 886,323 943,473 953
16 Gombe 1,266,993 1,318,377 18,730
17 Imo 1,611,715 1,687,293 11,082
18 Jigawa 1,852,598 2,013,974 23,148
19 Kaduna 3,565,762 3,905,387 95,563
20 Kano 5,135,415 5,027,297 10,784
21 Katsina 2,931,668 3,126,898 132,062
22 Kebbi 1,603,468 1,638,308 4,960
23 Kogi 1,215,405 1,316,849 7,003
24 Kwara 1,115,665 1,152,361 2,2,631
25 Lagos 6,247,845 6,108,069 13,932
26 Nassarawa 1,224,206 1,389,308 19,439
27 Niger 721,485 2,175,421 142,040
28 Ogun 1,869326 1,941,170 2,868
29 Ondo 1,558,975 1,616,091 14,761
30 Osun 1,293,967 1,293,967 14,762
31 Oyo 2,577,490 2,572,140 14,720
32 Plateau 1,983,453 2,259,194 8,125
33 Rivers 2,419,057 2,429,231 42,309
34 Sokoto 2,065,508 2,267,509 8,471
35 Taraba 1,308,106 1,336,221 41,069
36 Yobe 1,182,230 1,373,796 3,474
37 Zamfara 1,746,024 1,824,316 4,062
Total 67,764,334 73,528,040 870,612
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